Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:56

17:56

قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ ٱلضُّرِّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًا

quli id'ʿū alladhīna zaʿamtum min dūnihi falā yamlikūna kashfa l-ḍuri ʿankum walā taḥwīlan

Say, "Invoke those you have claimed [as gods] besides Him, for they do not possess the [ability for] removal of adversity from you or [for its] transfer [to someone else]."

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘Call upon those you claim to be deities beside God: they have no power to remove or avert any harm from you.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم): "Call upon those - besides Him - whom you pretend [to be gods like angels, ‘Îsâ (Jesus), ‘Uzair (Ezra), and others.]. They have neither the power to remove the adversity from you nor even to shift it from you to another person."

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

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Word by Word

قُلِquliSay
ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūCall
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
زَعَمْتُمzaʿamtumyou claimed
مِّنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
فَلَاfalā[then] not
يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey have power
كَشْفَkashfa(to) remove
ٱلضُّرِّl-ḍurithe misfortunes
عَنكُمْʿankumfrom you
وَلَاwalāand not
تَحْوِيلًاtaḥwīlan(to) transfer (it)