Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:54

11:54

إِن نَّقُولُ إِلَّا ٱعْتَرَىٰكَ بَعْضُ ءَالِهَتِنَا بِسُوٓءٍ ۗ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أُشْهِدُ ٱللَّهَ وَٱشْهَدُوٓا۟ أَنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ

in naqūlu illā iʿ'tarāka baʿḍu ālihatinā bisūin qāla innī ush'hidu l-laha wa-ish'hadū annī barīon mimmā tush'rikūna

We only say that some of our gods have possessed you with evil [i.e., insanity]." He said, "Indeed, I call Allāh to witness, and witness [yourselves] that I am free from whatever you associate with Allāh

— Saheeh International

All we can say is that one of our gods may have inflicted some harm on you.’ He said, ‘I call God to witness, and you too are my witnesses, that I disown those you set up as partners with God.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"All that we say is that some of our gods (false deities) have seized you with evil (madness)." He said: "I call Allâh to witness and bear you witness that I am free from that which you ascribe as partners in worship,

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

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Word by Word

إِنinNot
نَّقُولُnaqūluwe say
إِلَّاillāexcept (that)
ٱعْتَرَىٰكَiʿ'tarākahave seized you
بَعْضُbaʿḍusome
ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatinā(of) our gods
بِسُوٓءٍۢۗbisūinwith evil
قَالَqālaHe said
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
أُشْهِدُush'hidu[I] call Allah to witness
ٱللَّهَl-laha[I] call Allah to witness
وَٱشْهَدُوٓا۟wa-ish'hadūand (you) bear witness
أَنِّىannīthat I am
بَرِىٓءٌۭbarīoninnocent
مِّمَّاmimmāof what
تُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūnayou associate