Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:56

16:56

وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ نَصِيبًا مِّمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ تَٱللَّهِ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمْ تَفْتَرُونَ

wayajʿalūna limā lā yaʿlamūna naṣīban mimmā razaqnāhum tal-lahi latus'alunna ʿammā kuntum taftarūna

And they assign to what they do not know [i.e., false deities] a portion of that which We have provided them. By Allāh, you will surely be questioned about what you used to invent.

— Saheeh International

They set aside part of the sustenance We give them, for [idols] about which they have no true knowledge. By God! You will be questioned about your false inventions.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they assign a portion of that which We have provided them unto what they know not (false deities). By Allâh, you shall certainly be questioned about (all) that you used to fabricate.

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

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Word by Word

وَيَجْعَلُونَwayajʿalūnaAnd they assign
لِمَاlimāto what
لَاlānot
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know
نَصِيبًۭاnaṣībana portion
مِّمَّاmimmāof what
رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْۗrazaqnāhumWe have provided them
تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy Allah
لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّlatus'alunnasurely you will be asked
عَمَّاʿammāabout what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
تَفْتَرُونَtaftarūnainvent