Surah Az-Zumar (الزمر) • The Troops

Quran 39:43

39:43

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ شُفَعَآءَ ۚ قُلْ أَوَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ

ami ittakhadhū min dūni l-lahi shufaʿāa qul awalaw kānū lā yamlikūna shayan walā yaʿqilūna

Or have they taken other than Allāh as intercessors? Say, "Even though they do not possess [power over] anything, nor do they reason?"

— Saheeh International

Yet they take intercessors besides God! Say, ‘Even though these have no power or understanding?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Have they taken (others) as intercessors besides Allâh? Say: "Even if they have power over nothing whatever and have no intelligence?"

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

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Word by Word

أَمِamiOr
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūhave they taken
مِنminbesides
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
شُفَعَآءَۚshufaʿāaintercessors
قُلْqulSay
أَوَلَوْawalawEven though
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
لَاlānot
يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnapossessing
شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
وَلَاwalāand not
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnathey understand