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Surah Maryam 19:42 — Quran 19:42 | Ummatey
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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

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

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?

Juz 16Page 308makkah

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