Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:72

20:72

قَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنَا ۖ فَٱقْضِ مَآ أَنتَ قَاضٍ ۖ إِنَّمَا تَقْضِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَآ

qālū lan nu'thiraka ʿalā mā jāanā mina l-bayināti wa-alladhī faṭaranā fa-iq'ḍi mā anta qāḍin innamā taqḍī hādhihi l-ḥayata l-dun'yā

They said, "Never will we prefer you over what has come to us of clear proofs and [over] He who created us. So decree whatever you are to decree. You can only decree for this worldly life.

— Saheeh International

They said, ‘We shall never prefer you to the clear sign that has come to us, nor to Him who created us. So decide whatever you will: you can only decide matters of this present life-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "We prefer you not over what have come to us of the clear signs and to Him (Allâh) Who created us. So decree whatever you desire to decree, for you can only decree (regarding) this life of the world.

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

Juz 16Page 316meccan

Word by Word

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
لَنlanNever
نُّؤْثِرَكَnu'thirakawe will prefer you
عَلَىٰʿalāover
مَاmāwhat
جَآءَنَاjāanāhas come to us
مِنَminaof
ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِl-bayinātithe clear proofs
وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīand the One Who
فَطَرَنَاۖfaṭaranācreated us
فَٱقْضِfa-iq'ḍiSo decree
مَآmāwhatever
أَنتَantayou
قَاضٍۖqāḍin(are) decreeing
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
تَقْضِىtaqḍīyou can decree
هَـٰذِهِhādhihi(for) this
ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatalife
ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yā(of) the world