Quran 17:56 — Al-Israa, verse 56
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Call upon those you claim to be deities beside God: they have no power to remove or avert any harm from you.’
قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِهِ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ الضُّرِّ عَنْكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًا
quli id'ʿū alladhīna zaʿamtum min dūnihi falā yamlikūna kashfa l-ḍuri ʿankum walā taḥwīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Call on those you asserted apart from Him; they have no power to remove affliction from you, or to transfer it.
- Muhammad Asad
- SAY: "Call upon those [beings] whom you imagine [to be endowed with divine powers] beside Him and [you will find that] they have it not in their power to remove any affliction from you, or to shift it [elsewhere]. "
- Sahih International
- Say, "Invoke those you have claimed [as gods] besides Him, for they do not possess the [ability for] removal of adversity from you or [for its] transfer [to someone else]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلِquli | Say | قول |
| 2 | ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿū | Call | دعو |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those whom | — |
| 4 | زَعَمْتُمzaʿamtum | you claimed | زعم |
| 5 | مِّنmin | besides Him | — |
| 6 | دُونِهِۦdūnihi | besides Him | دون |
| 7 | فَلَاfalā | [then] not | — |
| 8 | يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūna | they have power | ملك |
| 9 | كَشْفَkashfa | (to) remove | كشف |
| 10 | ٱلضُّرِّl-ḍuri | the misfortunes | ضرر |
| 11 | عَنكُمْʿankum | from you | — |
| 12 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 13 | تَحْوِيلًاtaḥwīlan | (to) transfer (it) | حول |