Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان) • The Criterion

Quran 25:3

25:3

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً لَّا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتًا وَلَا حَيَوٰةً وَلَا نُشُورًا

wa-ittakhadhū min dūnihi ālihatan lā yakhluqūna shayan wahum yukh'laqūna walā yamlikūna li-anfusihim ḍarran walā nafʿan walā yamlikūna mawtan walā ḥayatan walā nushūran

But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.

— Saheeh International

Yet the disbelievers take as their gods things beneath Him that create nothing, and are themselves created, that can neither harm nor help themselves, and have no control over death, life, or resurrection.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Yet they have taken besides Him other alîhâh (gods) who created nothing but are themselves created, and possess neither harm nor benefit for themselves, and possess no power (of causing) death, nor (of giving) life, nor of raising the dead.

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

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وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟wa-ittakhadhūYet they have taken
مِنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
ءَالِهَةًۭālihatangods
لَّاlānot
يَخْلُقُونَyakhluqūnathey create
شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
يُخْلَقُونَyukh'laqūnaare created
وَلَاwalāand not
يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey possess
لِأَنفُسِهِمْli-anfusihimfor themselves
ضَرًّۭاḍarranany harm
وَلَاwalāand not
نَفْعًۭاnafʿanany benefit
وَلَاwalāand not
يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey control
مَوْتًۭاmawtandeath
وَلَاwalāand not
حَيَوٰةًۭḥayatanlife
وَلَاwalāand not
نُشُورًۭاnushūranresurrection