Surah Ya-Sin (يس) • Ya Sin

Quran 36:23

36:23

ءَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً إِن يُرِدْنِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَّا تُغْنِ عَنِّى شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ

a-attakhidhu min dūnihi ālihatan in yurid'ni l-raḥmānu biḍurrin lā tugh'ni ʿannī shafāʿatuhum shayan walā yunqidhūni

Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me?

— Saheeh International

How could I take besides Him any other gods, whose intercession will not help me and who would not be able to save me if the Lord of Mercy wished to harm me?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Shall I take besides Him âlihah (gods)? If the Most Gracious (Allâh) intends me any harm, their intercession will be of no use for me whatsoever, nor can they save me?

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

Juz 22Page 441meccan

Word by Word

ءَأَتَّخِذُa-attakhidhuShould I take
مِنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
ءَالِهَةًālihatangods
إِنinIf
يُرِدْنِyurid'niintends for me
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
بِضُرٍّۢbiḍurrinany harm
لَّاlānot
تُغْنِtugh'niwill avail
عَنِّىʿannī[from] me
شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْshafāʿatuhumtheir intercession
شَيْـًۭٔاshayan(in) anything
وَلَاwalāand not
يُنقِذُونِyunqidhūnithey (can) save me