Quran 16:20 — An-Nahl, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those they invoke beside God create nothing; they are themselves created.
وَالَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْئًا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ
wa-alladhīna yadʿūna min dūni l-lahi lā yakhluqūna shayan wahum yukh'laqūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And those they call upon, apart from God, created nothing, and themselves are created,
- Muhammad Asad
- Now those beings that some people invoke beside God cannot create anything, since they themselves are but created:
- Sahih International
- And those they invoke other than Allāh create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those whom | — |
| 2 | يَدْعُونَyadʿūna | they invoke | دعو |
| 3 | مِنmin | besides | — |
| 4 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 5 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 6 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 7 | يَخْلُقُونَyakhluqūna | they create | خلق |
| 8 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | anything | شيأ |
| 9 | وَهُمْwahum | but (are) themselves | — |
| 10 | يُخْلَقُونَyukh'laqūna | created | خلق |