Quran 11:54 — Hud, verse 54
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
All we can say is that one of our gods may have inflicted some harm on you.’ He said, ‘I call God to witness, and you too are my witnesses, that I disown those you set up as partners with God.
إِنْ نَقُولُ إِلَّا اعْتَرَاكَ بَعْضُ آلِهَتِنَا بِسُوءٍ ۗ قَالَ إِنِّي أُشْهِدُ اللَّهَ وَاشْهَدُوا أَنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ
in naqūlu illā iʿ'tarāka baʿḍu ālihatinā bisūin qāla innī ush'hidu l-laha wa-ish'hadū annī barīon mimmā tush'rikūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We say nothing, but that one of our gods has smitten thee with some evil.' He said, 'I call God to witness; and witness you, that I am quit of that you associate
- Muhammad Asad
- We can say no more than that one of our gods may have smitten thee with something evil!" Answered [Hud]: "Behold, I call God to witness - and you, too, be [my] witnesses - that, verily, it is not in me to ascribe divinity, as you do, to aught
- Sahih International
- We only say that some of our gods have possessed you with evil [i.e., insanity]." He said, "Indeed, I call Allāh to witness, and witness [yourselves] that I am free from whatever you associate with Allāh
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنin | Not | — |
| 2 | نَّقُولُnaqūlu | we say | قول |
| 3 | إِلَّاillā | except (that) | — |
| 4 | ٱعْتَرَىٰكَiʿ'tarāka | have seized you | عرو |
| 5 | بَعْضُbaʿḍu | some | بعض |
| 6 | ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatinā | (of) our gods | أله |
| 7 | بِسُوٓءٍۢ ۗbisūin | with evil | سوأ |
| 8 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 9 | إِنِّىٓinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 10 | أُشْهِدُush'hidu | [I] call Allah to witness | شهد |
| 11 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | [I] call Allah to witness | أله |
| 12 | وَٱشْهَدُوٓا۟wa-ish'hadū | and (you) bear witness | شهد |
| 13 | أَنِّىannī | that I am | — |
| 14 | بَرِىٓءٌۭbarīon | innocent | برأ |
| 15 | مِّمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 16 | تُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūna | you associate | شرك |