Quran 7:197 — Al-A'raaf, verse 197
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but those you call on instead of Him cannot help you or even help themselves.’
وَالَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَنْصُرُونَ
wa-alladhīna tadʿūna min dūnihi lā yastaṭīʿūna naṣrakum walā anfusahum yanṣurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And those on whom you call, apart from God, have no power to help you, neither they help themselves.'
- Muhammad Asad
- whereas all those whom you invoke in His stead are neither able to give you succour nor can succour themselves;
- Sahih International
- And those you call upon besides Him are unable to help you, nor can they help themselves."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those whom | — |
| 2 | تَدْعُونَtadʿūna | you invoke | دعو |
| 3 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 4 | دُونِهِۦdūnihi | besides Him | دون |
| 5 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 6 | يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūna | they are able | طوع |
| 7 | نَصْرَكُمْnaṣrakum | (to) help you | نصر |
| 8 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 9 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | themselves | نفس |
| 10 | يَنصُرُونَyanṣurūna | can they help | نصر |