Surah Yunus (يونس) • Jonah

Quran 10:18

10:18

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ شُفَعَـٰٓؤُنَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قُلْ أَتُنَبِّـُٔونَ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَـٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

wayaʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yaḍurruhum walā yanfaʿuhum wayaqūlūna hāulāi shufaʿāunā ʿinda l-lahi qul atunabbiūna l-laha bimā lā yaʿlamu fī l-samāwāti walā fī l-arḍi sub'ḥānahu wataʿālā ʿammā yush'rikūna

And they worship other than Allāh that which neither harms them nor benefits them, and they say, "These are our intercessors with Allāh." Say, "Do you inform Allāh of something He does not know in the heavens or on the earth?" Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

— Saheeh International

They worship alongside God things that can neither harm nor benefit them, and say, ‘These are our intercessors with God.’ Say, ‘Do you think you can tell God about something He knows not to exist in the heavens or earth? Glory be to Him! He is far above the partner-gods they associate with Him!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they worship besides Allâh things that harm them not, nor profit them, and they say: "These are our intercessors with Allâh." Say: "Do you inform Allâh of that which He knows not in the heavens and on the earth?" Glorified and Exalted is He above all that which they associate as partners (with Him)!

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَيَعْبُدُونَwayaʿbudūnaAnd they worship
مِنminfrom
دُونِdūniother than
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مَاmāthat (which)
لَاlā(does) not
يَضُرُّهُمْyaḍurruhumharm them
وَلَاwalāand not
يَنفَعُهُمْyanfaʿuhumbenefit them
وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiThese
شُفَعَـٰٓؤُنَاshufaʿāunā(are) our intercessors
عِندَʿindawith
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahiAllah
قُلْqulSay
أَتُنَبِّـُٔونَatunabbiūnaDo you inform
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
بِمَاbimāof what
لَاlānot
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuhe knows
فِىfīin
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَلَاwalāand not
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِۚl-arḍithe earth
سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahuGlorified is He
وَتَعَـٰلَىٰwataʿālāand Exalted
عَمَّاʿammāabove what
يُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnathey associate (with Him)