Quran 39:43 — Az-Zumar, verse 43
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Yet they take intercessors besides God! Say, ‘Even though these have no power or understanding?’
أَمِ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ شُفَعَاءَ ۚ قُلْ أَوَلَوْ كَانُوا لَا يَمْلِكُونَ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ
ami ittakhadhū min dūni l-lahi shufaʿāa qul awalaw kānū lā yamlikūna shayan walā yaʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'What, even though they have no power whatever and no understanding?'
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet, they choose [to worship], side by side with God, [imaginary] intercessors!” Say: “Why - even though they have no power over anything, and no understanding?”
- Sahih International
- Or have they taken other than Allāh as intercessors? Say, "Even though they do not possess [power over] anything, nor do they reason?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمِami | Or | — |
| 2 | ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhū | have they taken | أخذ |
| 3 | مِنmin | besides | — |
| 4 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 5 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 6 | شُفَعَآءَ ۚshufaʿāa | intercessors | شفع |
| 7 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 8 | أَوَلَوْawalaw | Even though | — |
| 9 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they were | كون |
| 10 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 11 | يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūna | possessing | ملك |
| 12 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | anything | شيأ |
| 13 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 14 | يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna | they understand | عقل |