Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:43

21:43

أَمْ لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ تَمْنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَا ۚ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ

am lahum ālihatun tamnaʿuhum min dūninā lā yastaṭīʿūna naṣra anfusihim walā hum minnā yuṣ'ḥabūna

Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.

— Saheeh International

Do they have gods who can defend them against Us? Their gods have no power to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Or have they âlihah (gods) who can guard them from Us? They have no power to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us (i.e. from Our Torment).

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

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Word by Word

أَمْamOr
لَهُمْlahumhave they
ءَالِهَةٌۭālihatungods
تَمْنَعُهُمtamnaʿuhum(to) defend them
مِّنminfrom
دُونِنَاۚdūnināUs
لَاlāNot
يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are able
نَصْرَnaṣra(to) help
أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
وَلَاwalāand not
هُمhumthey
مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
يُصْحَبُونَyuṣ'ḥabūnacan be protected