Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
But [nay,] they take to worshipping deities other than God, [hoping] to be succoured [by them, and not knowing that]
M. M. Pickthall
And they have taken (other) gods beside Allah, in order that they may be helped
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Yet they take (for worship) gods other than Allah, (hoping) that they might be helped
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Still they have taken other gods besides Allah, hoping to be helped ˹by them˺.
Safi Kaskas
Yet they have taken [false] gods besides God, hoping that they will help them
Wahiduddin Khan
They have set up other gods besides God, hoping to be helped by them
Shakir
And they have taken gods besides Allah that they may be helped
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And they took to themselves gods other than God so that perhaps they will be helped.
T.B.Irving
Yet they have adopted [other] gods instead of God [Alone, so that they may be supported.
Abdul Hye
Yet, they have taken others (worthy of worship) besides Allah hoping to get their help.
The Study Quran
Yet they have taken gods other than God, that perhaps they might be helped
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Yet, they’ve taken gods other than God, hoping they might get help.
Talal Itani (2012)
Yet they have taken to themselves gods other than God, that perhaps they may be helped
Dr. Kamal Omar
And they have taken besides Allah, aaliha , so that they may be provided help
Yet they have taken other gods besides Allah hoping to get their help
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And they have taken to themselves, apart from Allah, gods that possibly they would be given victory
Muhammad Sarwar
They chose idols besides God in the hope of receiving help from them, but they will not be able to help them
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They have adopted gods other than Allah, so that they may be helped (by them)
Shabbir Ahmed
But, nay, they have chosen gods other than Allah hoping that they might be helped
Dr. Munir Munshey
They took gods besides Allah, so that, perhaps they may receive some help
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And they take besides Allah, other false gods, (thinking) that they might be helped (by the false gods)
But they have taken besides Allah [false] deities that perhaps they would be helped
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And they have taken besides God other gods, perhaps they will help them
Abdel Haleem
Yet they have taken other gods besides God to help them
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And they have taken beside Allah gods, hoping that haply they may be succoured
Ahmed Ali
And take other gods apart from God that they may perhaps give them help
Aisha Bewley
They have taken gods besides Allah so that perhaps they may be helped.
Ali Ünal
Yet they have taken deities for worship apart from God, (expecting) that they may receive help (from them)
Ali Quli Qara'i
They have taken gods besides Allah [hoping] that they might be helped
Hamid S. Aziz
And they have taken gods besides Allah that they may be helped
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And they took gods besides God so that they may be helped,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Yet they take for worship gods other than God, thinking that they might be helped
Musharraf Hussain
Yet they take other gods beside Allah, hoping to be helped by them .
Maududi
They set up deities apart from Allah, hoping that they will receive help from them
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And they have taken besides God other gods, perhaps they will help them
Mohammad Shafi
And they take gods besides Allah hoping to be helped
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And they have taken besides Allah other gods that perhaps they may be helped.
They set up beside GOD other gods, perhaps they can be of help to them!
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
And yet they have taken gods, other than Allah, so that they might helped
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And they take gods besides Allah and they may be helped
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And they took from other than God, gods, maybe/perhaps they be given victory/aid
Bijan Moeinian
They [eat their Lord provided food and] worship other than God; hoping that what they worship will help them
Faridul Haque
And they have appointed gods other than Allah, that perhaps they may be helped
Sher Ali
And they have taken other gods beside ALLAH that they might be helped
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And they have made idols their gods other than Allah with the hope that they will be helped
Amatul Rahman Omar
(Inspite of all this) they worship other gods apart from Allah (falsely) that they may find some help through them
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And they have taken besides Allah aliha (gods), hoping that they might be helped (by those so called gods)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And they have taken other deities besides Allah perhaps they will be helped [by them].
Munir Mezyed
Yet they have taken gods, other than Allâh, haply they might be helped.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And they adopt gods besides Allah so they would help them.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Yet they have taken to themselves gods other than Allah, that perhaps they may be supported.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Yet they accept gods other than Allah to get help.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Yet they have adopted [other] gods instead of Allah (God) [Alone, so that they may be supported.
Samy Mahdy
And they have taken gods without Allah, perhaps they may have got victory.
Sayyid Qutb
Yet they have taken to worship deities other than God, hoping for [their) support.
Thomas Cleary
Yet they take to gods other than The God, that they might perchance be helped.
Ahmed Hulusi
They took gods besides Allah, hoping they could be helped!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And they have taken gods besides Allah, haply they might be helped.
Yet they take besides Allah other deities whom or which they regard, with extreme devotion and adore with appropriate acts and rites that they might hopefully afford them help
Mir Aneesuddin
And they have taken gods besides Allah that they may be helped.
The Wise Quran
And they have taken, besides God, gods that perhaps they may be helped.