Quran 5:76 — Al-Maaida, verse 76
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘How can you worship something other than God, that has no power to do you harm or good? God alone is the All Hearing and All Knowing.’
قُلْ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا ۚ وَاللَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
qul ataʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yamliku lakum ḍarran walā nafʿan wal-lahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Do you serve, apart from God, that which cannot hurt or profit you? God is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "Would you worship, beside God, aught that has no power either to harm or to benefit you-when God alone is all-hearing, all-knowing?"
- Sahih International
- Say, "Do you worship besides Allāh that which holds for you no [power of] harm or benefit while it is Allāh who is the Hearing, the Knowing?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَتَعْبُدُونَataʿbudūna | Do you worship | عبد |
| 3 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 4 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 5 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 6 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 7 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 8 | يَمْلِكُyamliku | has power | ملك |
| 9 | لَكُمْlakum | to (cause) you | — |
| 10 | ضَرًّۭاḍarran | any harm | ضرر |
| 11 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 12 | نَفْعًۭا ۚnafʿan | any benefit | نفع |
| 13 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | while Allah | أله |
| 14 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 15 | ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu | (is) the All-Hearing | سمع |
| 16 | ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu | the All-Knowing | علم |