Quran 25:3 — Al-Furqaan, verse 3
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Yet the disbelievers take as their gods things beneath Him that create nothing, and are themselves created, that can neither harm nor help themselves, and have no control over death, life, or resurrection.
وَاتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِهِ آلِهَةً لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْئًا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتًا وَلَا حَيَاةً وَلَا نُشُورًا
wa-ittakhadhū min dūnihi ālihatan lā yakhluqūna shayan wahum yukh'laqūna walā yamlikūna li-anfusihim ḍarran walā nafʿan walā yamlikūna mawtan walā ḥayatan walā nushūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Yet they have taken to them gods, apart from Him, that create nothing and themselves are created, and have no power to hurt or profit themselves, no power of death or life or raising up.
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet, some choose to worship, instead of Him, imaginary deities that cannot create anything but are themselves created, and have it not within their power to avert harm from, or bring benefit to, themselves, and have no power over death, nor over life, nor over resurrection!
- Sahih International
- But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟wa-ittakhadhū | Yet they have taken | أخذ |
| 2 | مِنmin | besides Him | — |
| 3 | دُونِهِۦٓdūnihi | besides Him | دون |
| 4 | ءَالِهَةًۭālihatan | gods | أله |
| 5 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 6 | يَخْلُقُونَyakhluqūna | they create | خلق |
| 7 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | anything | شيأ |
| 8 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 9 | يُخْلَقُونَyukh'laqūna | are created | خلق |
| 10 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 11 | يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūna | they possess | ملك |
| 12 | لِأَنفُسِهِمْli-anfusihim | for themselves | نفس |
| 13 | ضَرًّۭاḍarran | any harm | ضرر |
| 14 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 15 | نَفْعًۭاnafʿan | any benefit | نفع |
| 16 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 17 | يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūna | they control | ملك |
| 18 | مَوْتًۭاmawtan | death | موت |
| 19 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 20 | حَيَوٰةًۭḥayatan | life | حيي |
| 21 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 22 | نُشُورًۭاnushūran | resurrection | نشر |