Surah Maryam (مريم) • Mary

Quran 19:42

19:42

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًٔا

idh qāla li-abīhi yāabati lima taʿbudu mā lā yasmaʿu walā yub'ṣiru walā yugh'nī ʿanka shayan

[Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?

— Saheeh International

He said to his father, ‘Father, why do you worship something that can neither hear nor see nor benefit you in any way?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

When he said to his father: "O my father! Why do you worship that which hears not, sees not and cannot avail you in anything?

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

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Word by Word

إِذْidhWhen
قَالَqālahe said
لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
يَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiO my father
لِمَlimaWhy
تَعْبُدُtaʿbudu(do) you worship
مَاmāthat which
لَاlānot
يَسْمَعُyasmaʿuhears
وَلَاwalāand not
يُبْصِرُyub'ṣirusees
وَلَاwalāand not
يُغْنِىyugh'nībenefits
عَنكَʿanka[to] you
شَيْـًۭٔاshayan(in) anything