Surah Maryam (مريم) • Mary

Quran 19:81

19:81

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لِّيَكُونُوا۟ لَهُمْ عِزًّا

wa-ittakhadhū min dūni l-lahi ālihatan liyakūnū lahum ʿizzan

And they have taken besides Allāh [false] deities that they would be for them [a source of] honor.

— Saheeh International

They have taken other gods beside God to give them strength,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they have taken (for worship) âlihah (gods) besides Allâh, that they might give them honour, power and glory (and also protect them from Allâh’s punishment).

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

Juz 16Page 311meccan

Word by Word

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟wa-ittakhadhūAnd they have taken
مِنminbesides Allah
دُونِdūnibesides Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahibesides Allah
ءَالِهَةًۭālihatangods
لِّيَكُونُوا۟liyakūnūthat they may be
لَهُمْlahumfor them
عِزًّۭاʿizzanan honor