Quran 19:42 — Maryam, verse 42
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said to his father, ‘Father, why do you worship something that can neither hear nor see nor benefit you in any way?
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِي عَنْكَ شَيْئًا
idh qāla li-abīhi yāabati lima taʿbudu mā lā yasmaʿu walā yub'ṣiru walā yugh'nī ʿanka shayan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When he said to his father, 'Father, why worshippest thou that which neither hears nor sees, nor avails thee anything?
- Muhammad Asad
- when he spoke [thus] unto his father: "O my father! Why dost thou worship something that neither hears nor sees and can be of no avail whatever to thee?
- Sahih International
- [Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | قَالَqāla | he said | قول |
| 3 | لِأَبِيهِli-abīhi | to his father | أبو |
| 4 | يَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabati | O my father | أبو |
| 5 | لِمَlima | Why | — |
| 6 | تَعْبُدُtaʿbudu | (do) you worship | عبد |
| 7 | مَاmā | that which | — |
| 8 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 9 | يَسْمَعُyasmaʿu | hears | سمع |
| 10 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 11 | يُبْصِرُyub'ṣiru | sees | بصر |
| 12 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 13 | يُغْنِىyugh'nī | benefits | غني |
| 14 | عَنكَʿanka | [to] you | — |
| 15 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | (in) anything | شيأ |