Quran 16:73 — An-Nahl, verse 73
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those they worship beside God have no power to provide anything for them from the heavens or the earth: they can do nothing.
وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقًا مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
wayaʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yamliku lahum riz'qan mina l-samāwāti wal-arḍi shayan walā yastaṭīʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And do they serve, apart from God, that which has no power to provide them anything from the heavens and the earth and can do nothing?
- Muhammad Asad
- and will they [continue to] worship, instead of God, something that has it not within its power to provide for them any sustenance whatever from the heavens or the earth, and can do nothing at all?
- Sahih International
- And they worship besides Allāh that which does not possess for them [the power of] provision from the heavens and the earth at all, and [in fact], they are unable.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيَعْبُدُونَwayaʿbudūna | And they worship | عبد |
| 2 | مِنmin | other than | — |
| 3 | دُونِdūni | other than | دون |
| 4 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 5 | مَاmā | which | — |
| 6 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 7 | يَمْلِكُyamliku | possesses | ملك |
| 8 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 9 | رِزْقًۭاriz'qan | any provision | رزق |
| 10 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 11 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 12 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 13 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | [anything] | شيأ |
| 14 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 15 | يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūna | they are able | طوع |