Quran 16:56 — An-Nahl, verse 56
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They set aside part of the sustenance We give them, for [idols] about which they have no true knowledge. By God! You will be questioned about your false inventions.
وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ نَصِيبًا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ ۗ تَاللَّهِ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنْتُمْ تَفْتَرُونَ
wayajʿalūna limā lā yaʿlamūna naṣīban mimmā razaqnāhum tal-lahi latus'alunna ʿammā kuntum taftarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And they appoint a share of that We have provided them to what they know not. By God, you shall be questioned as to that you forged.
- Muhammad Asad
- As it is, they ascribe - out of what We provide for them as sustenance - a share unto things of which they know nothing. By God, you shall most certainly be called to account for all your false imagery!
- Sahih International
- And they assign to what they do not know [i.e., false deities] a portion of that which We have provided them. By Allāh, you will surely be questioned about what you used to invent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيَجْعَلُونَwayajʿalūna | And they assign | جعل |
| 2 | لِمَاlimā | to what | — |
| 3 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 4 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | they know | علم |
| 5 | نَصِيبًۭاnaṣīban | a portion | نصب |
| 6 | مِّمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 7 | رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ ۗrazaqnāhum | We have provided them | رزق |
| 8 | تَٱللَّهِtal-lahi | By Allah | أله |
| 9 | لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّlatus'alunna | surely you will be asked | سأل |
| 10 | عَمَّاʿammā | about what | — |
| 11 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you used (to) | كون |
| 12 | تَفْتَرُونَtaftarūna | invent | فري |