Quran 71:23 — Nooh, verse 23
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
saying, “Do not renounce your gods! Do not renounce Wadd, Suwa, Yaghuth, Yauq, or Nasr!”
وَقَالُوا لَا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا
waqālū lā tadharunna ālihatakum walā tadharunna waddan walā suwāʿan walā yaghūtha wayaʿūqa wanasran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and have said, "Do not leave your gods, and do not leave Wadd, nor Suwa', Yaghuth, Ya'uq, neither Nasr."
- Muhammad Asad
- inasmuch as they said [to their followers], 'Do not ever abandon your gods: abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', and neither Yaghuth nor Ya’uq nor Nasr!'
- Sahih International
- And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwāʿ or Yaghūth and Yaʿūq and Nasr.'
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | And they said | قول |
| 2 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 3 | تَذَرُنَّtadharunna | leave | وذر |
| 4 | ءَالِهَتَكُمْālihatakum | your gods | أله |
| 5 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 6 | تَذَرُنَّtadharunna | leave | وذر |
| 7 | وَدًّۭاwaddan | Wadd | ودد |
| 8 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 9 | سُوَاعًۭاsuwāʿan | Suwa | سوع |
| 10 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 11 | يَغُوثَyaghūtha | Yaguth | — |
| 12 | وَيَعُوقَwayaʿūqa | and Yauq | — |
| 13 | وَنَسْرًۭاwanasran | and Nasr | نسر |