Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:24

21:24

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً ۖ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ ۖ هَـٰذَا ذِكْرُ مَن مَّعِىَ وَذِكْرُ مَن قَبْلِى ۗ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ فَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

ami ittakhadhū min dūnihi ālihatan qul hātū bur'hānakum hādhā dhik'ru man maʿiya wadhik'ru man qablī bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna l-ḥaqa fahum muʿ'riḍūna

Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muḥammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur’ān] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me." But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away.

— Saheeh International

Have they chosen to worship other gods instead of Him? Say, ‘Bring your proof. This is the Scripture for those who are with me and the Scripture for those who went before me.’ But most of them do not recognize the truth, so they pay no heed.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Or have they taken for worship (other) âlihah (gods) besides Him? Say: "Bring your proof." This (the Qur’ân) is the Reminder for those with me and the Reminder for those before me. But most of them know not the Truth, so they are averse.

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

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Word by Word

أَمِamiOr
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhū(have) they taken
مِنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
ءَالِهَةًۭۖālihatangods
قُلْqulSay
هَاتُوا۟hātūBring
بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْۖbur'hānakumyour proof
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
ذِكْرُdhik'ru(is) a Reminder
مَنman(for those) who
مَّعِىَmaʿiya(are) with me
وَذِكْرُwadhik'ruand a Reminder
مَنman(for those) who
قَبْلِىۗqablī(were) before me
بَلْbalBut
أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
ٱلْحَقَّۖl-ḥaqathe truth
فَهُمfahumso they
مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna(are) averse