Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:73

16:73

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

wayaʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yamliku lahum riz'qan mina l-samāwāti wal-arḍi shayan walā yastaṭīʿūna

And they worship besides Allāh that which does not possess for them [the power of] provision from the heavens and the earth at all, and [in fact], they are unable.

— Saheeh International

Those they worship beside God have no power to provide anything for them from the heavens or the earth: they can do nothing.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they worship others besides Allâh - such as do not and cannot own any provision for them from the heavens or the earth.

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

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Word by Word

وَيَعْبُدُونَwayaʿbudūnaAnd they worship
مِنminother than
دُونِdūniother than
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مَاmāwhich
لَاlānot
يَمْلِكُyamlikupossesses
لَهُمْlahumfor them
رِزْقًۭاriz'qanany provision
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
شَيْـًۭٔاshayan[anything]
وَلَاwalāand not
يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are able