Quran 35:40 — Faatir, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Consider those “partners” of yours that you call upon beside God. Show me! What part of the earth did they create? What share of the heavens do they possess?’ Have We given them a book that contains clear evidence? No indeed! The idolaters promise each other only delusion.
قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ شُرَكَاءَكُمُ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ أَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقُوا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ أَمْ آتَيْنَاهُمْ كِتَابًا فَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَتٍ مِنْهُ ۚ بَلْ إِنْ يَعِدُ الظَّالِمُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا إِلَّا غُرُورًا
qul ara-aytum shurakāakumu alladhīna tadʿūna min dūni l-lahi arūnī mādhā khalaqū mina l-arḍi am lahum shir'kun fī l-samāwāti am ātaynāhum kitāban fahum ʿalā bayyinatin min'hu bal in yaʿidu l-ẓālimūna baʿḍuhum baʿḍan illā ghurūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Have you considered your associates on whom you call, apart from God? Show me what they have created in the earth; or have they a partnership in the heavens?' Or have We given them a Book, so that they are upon a clear sign from it? Nay, but the evildoers promise one another naught but delusion.
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: “Have you ever [really] considered those beings and forces to whom you ascribe a share in God’s divinity, [and] whom you invoke beside God? Show me what it is that they have created on earth - or do [you claim that] they have a share in [governing] the heavens?” Have We ever vouchsafed them a divine writ on which they could rely as evidence [in support of their views]? Nay, [the hope which] the evildoers hold out to one another [is] nothing but a delusion.
- Sahih International
- Say, "Have you considered your 'partners' whom you invoke besides Allāh? Show me what they have created from the earth, or have they partnership [with Him] in the heavens? Or have We given them a book so they are [standing] on evidence therefrom? [No], rather, the wrongdoers do not promise each other except delusion."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytum | Have you seen | رأي |
| 3 | شُرَكَآءَكُمُshurakāakumu | your partners | شرك |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those whom | — |
| 5 | تَدْعُونَtadʿūna | you call | دعو |
| 6 | مِنmin | besides | — |
| 7 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 8 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 9 | أَرُونِىarūnī | Show Me | رأي |
| 10 | مَاذَاmādhā | what | — |
| 11 | خَلَقُوا۟khalaqū | they have created | خلق |
| 12 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 13 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 14 | أَمْam | or | — |
| 15 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 16 | شِرْكٌۭshir'kun | (is) a share | شرك |
| 17 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 18 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 19 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 20 | ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْātaynāhum | have We given them | أتي |
| 21 | كِتَـٰبًۭاkitāban | a Book | كتب |
| 22 | فَهُمْfahum | so they | — |
| 23 | عَلَىٰʿalā | (are) on | — |
| 24 | بَيِّنَتٍۢbayyinatin | a clear proof | بين |
| 25 | مِّنْهُ ۚmin'hu | therefrom | — |
| 26 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 27 | إِنin | not | — |
| 28 | يَعِدُyaʿidu | promise | وعد |
| 29 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |
| 30 | بَعْضُهُمbaʿḍuhum | some of them | بعض |
| 31 | بَعْضًاbaʿḍan | (to) others | بعض |
| 32 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 33 | غُرُورًاghurūran | delusion | غرر |