Quran 10:18 — Yunus, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They worship alongside God things that can neither harm nor benefit them, and say, ‘These are our intercessors with God.’ Say, ‘Do you think you can tell God about something He knows not to exist in the heavens or earth? Glory be to Him! He is far above the partner-gods they associate with Him!
وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنْفَعُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ شُفَعَاؤُنَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ۚ قُلْ أَتُنَبِّئُونَ اللَّهَ بِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَلَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۚ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
wayaʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yaḍurruhum walā yanfaʿuhum wayaqūlūna hāulāi shufaʿāunā ʿinda l-lahi qul atunabbiūna l-laha bimā lā yaʿlamu fī l-samāwāti walā fī l-arḍi sub'ḥānahu wataʿālā ʿammā yush'rikūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They serve, apart from God, what hurts them not neither profits them, and they say, 'These are our intercessors with God.' Say: 'Will you tell God what He knows not either in the heavens or in the earth?' Glory be to Him! High be He exalted above that they associate!
- Muhammad Asad
- and [neither will] they [who] worship, side by side with God, things or beings that can neither harm nor benefit them, saying [to themselves], "These are our intercessors with God!" Say: "Do you [think that you could] inform God of anything in the heavens or on earth that He does not know? Limitless is He in His glory, and sublimely exalted above anything to which men may ascribe a share in His divinity!"
- Sahih International
- And they worship other than Allāh that which neither harms them nor benefits them, and they say, "These are our intercessors with Allāh." Say, "Do you inform Allāh of something He does not know in the heavens or on the earth?" Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيَعْبُدُونَwayaʿbudūna | And they worship | عبد |
| 2 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 3 | دُونِdūni | other than | دون |
| 4 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 5 | مَاmā | that (which) | — |
| 6 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 7 | يَضُرُّهُمْyaḍurruhum | harm them | ضرر |
| 8 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 9 | يَنفَعُهُمْyanfaʿuhum | benefit them | نفع |
| 10 | وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūna | and they say | قول |
| 11 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi | These | — |
| 12 | شُفَعَـٰٓؤُنَاshufaʿāunā | (are) our intercessors | شفع |
| 13 | عِندَʿinda | with | عند |
| 14 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 15 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 16 | أَتُنَبِّـُٔونَatunabbiūna | Do you inform | نبأ |
| 17 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 18 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 19 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 20 | يَعْلَمُyaʿlamu | he knows | علم |
| 21 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 22 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 23 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 24 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 25 | ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 26 | سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahu | Glorified is He | سبح |
| 27 | وَتَعَـٰلَىٰwataʿālā | and Exalted | علو |
| 28 | عَمَّاʿammā | above what | — |
| 29 | يُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūna | they associate (with Him) | شرك |