IslamAwakened.com Qur'an Tafsir Collection for
an-Nahl 16:20
Muhammad Asad
Now those beings that some people invoke beside God cannot create anything, since they themselves are but created
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
But those ˹idols˺ they invoke besides Allah cannot create anything—they themselves are created.
Safi Kaskas
Now, those they call on beside God cannot create anything, since they themselves are created.
Arabic
وَالَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْئًا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُون
Transliteration
Wa
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lla
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eena yadAAoona min dooni All
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hi l
a
yakhluqoona shay-an wahum yukhlaqoon
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Transliteration-2
wa-alladhīna yadʿūna min dūni l-lahi lā yakhluqūna shayan wahum yukh'laqūn
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
And those whom they invoke from besides Allah not they create anything, but (are) themselves created.
Muhammad Asad
Now those beings that some people invoke beside God cannot create anything, since they themselves are but created
M. M. Pickthall
Those unto whom they cry beside Allah created naught, but are themselves created
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Those whom they invoke besides Allah create nothing and are themselves created
Shakir
And those whom they call on besides Allah have not created anything while they are themselves created
Wahiduddin Khan
Those you call on besides God cannot create anything. They are themselves created
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And those whom you call to other than God, they created not anything but they are themselves created.
T.B.Irving
Those whom they invoke instead of God do not create a thing, while they themselves have be created;
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
But those ˹idols˺ they invoke besides Allah cannot create anything—they themselves are created.
Safi Kaskas
Now, those they call on beside God cannot create anything, since they themselves are created.
Abdul Hye
Those who invoke other than Allah, they have created nothing, and they themselves are created.
The Study Quran
And those whom they call upon apart from God create naught, and are themselves created
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
As for those they call on besides God, they do not create anything, but are themselves created
Abdel Haleem
Those they invoke beside God create nothing; they are themselves created
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And those upon whom they call beside Allahls have not created aught, and are themselves created
Ahmed Ali
, As for those they call besides God, they cannot create a thing, and have themselves been created
Aisha Bewley
Those you call on besides Allah do not create anything. They are themselves created.
Ali Ünal
But those whom they invoke, apart from God, create nothing, rather they are themselves created
Ali Quli Qara'i
Those whom they invoke besides Allah do not create anything and are themselves created
Hamid S. Aziz
And those on whom you call beside Allah cannot create anything, for they are themselves created
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And the ones they invoke apart from Allah do not create a thing and themselves are created
Muhammad Sarwar
Whatever (idols) they worship besides God can create nothing for they are themselves created
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Those whom they invoke beside Allah do not create any thing; rather they are themselves created
Shabbir Ahmed
Those whom they invoke besides Allah create nothing and are themselves created
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Those whom they call upon other than Allah create nothing and are themselves created
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And those they invoke other than Allah create nothing, and they [themselves] are created
Farook Malik
Those whom they invoke besides Allah have created nothing, but are themselves created
Dr. Munir Munshey
The others they pray to, besides Allah, create nothing. Rather, they are themselves created
Dr. Kamal Omar
Those whom people invoke besides Allah, they do not create anything; rather, they have been created (by Allah)
Talal A. Itani (new translation)
Those they invoke besides God create nothing, but are themselves created
Maududi
Those whom they call upon beside Allah have created nothing; rather, they themselves were created
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And those whom they call on other than God do not create anything, and they are created
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Those that they invoke besides God create nothing and are themselves created
Musharraf Hussain
The idols they worship besides Allah didn’t create anything; in fact, they are created;
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
As for those they call on besides God, they do not create a thing, but are themselves created
Mohammad Shafi
And those, whom they pray to besides Allah, have not created anything; they are themselves created
Bijan Moeinian
Know that the idols (carved from the stone or wood) that some worship, do not create nothing. On the contrary, they themselves are created
Faridul Haque
And those whom they worship other than Allah, do not create anything but are themselves created
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
But those whom you invoke, other than Allah do not create anything they are themselves created
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And those whom they call on besides Allah created naught, while they are themselves created
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
And those whom they call from other than God, they do not create a thing, and they, they are being created
Sher Ali
And those on whom they call besides ALLAH create not anything, but they are themselves created
Rashad Khalifa
As for the idols they set up beside GOD, they do not create anything; they themselves were created.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And those whom they worship besides Allah create nothing but they are themselves created.
Amatul Rahman Omar
And the things whom they call upon apart from Allah can create nothing. Rather they are themselves created
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And the (idols) whom these (polytheists) worship besides Allah cannot create anything; they have rather been created themselves
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Those whom they (Al-Mushrikoon) invoke besides Allah have not created anything, but are themselves created
Arthur John Arberry
And those they call upon, apart from God, created nothing, and themselves are created
Edward Henry Palmer
And those on whom ye call beside God cannot create anything, for they are themselves created
George Sale
But the idols which ye invoke, besides God, create nothing, but are themselves created
John Medows Rodwell
While the gods whom they call on beside God, create nothing, but are themselves created
N J Dawood (2014)
Those that they invoke besides God create nothing: they are themselves created
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Those whom (the idolaters) invoke besides Allah create nothing; they themselves are created!
Sayyid Qutb
Those beings that some people invoke beside God cannot create anything; they themselves are created.
Ahmed Hulusi
Those to whom they turn besides Allah cannot create anything, for they themselves are created.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And those they call on besides Allah do not create anything and they are themselves created.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
And those whom they invoke besides Him are incapable of creating an entity of any kind. On the contrary, they themselves have been created
Mir Aneesuddin
And those whom they pray to, besides Allah, they do not create anything, while they are themselves created.
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
Those whom they invoke besides God create nothing and are themselves created
OLD Literal
Word for Word
And those whom they invoke besides Allah not they create anything, but (are) themselves created
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