Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف) • The Ornaments of Gold

Quran 43:45

43:45

وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلْنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ءَالِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ

wasal man arsalnā min qablika min rusulinā ajaʿalnā min dūni l-raḥmāni ālihatan yuʿ'badūna

And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?

— Saheeh International

Ask the prophets We sent before you: ‘Did We ever appoint any gods to be worshipped besides the Lord of Mercy?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And ask (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) those of Our Messengers whom We sent before you: "Did We ever appoint âlihâh (gods) to be worshipped besides the Most Gracious (Allâh)?"

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

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وَسْـَٔلْwasalAnd ask
مَنْman(those) whom
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
مِنminbefore you
قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
مِنminof
رُّسُلِنَآrusulināOur Messengers
أَجَعَلْنَاajaʿalnādid We make
مِنminbesides
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
ءَالِهَةًۭālihatangods
يُعْبَدُونَyuʿ'badūnato be worshipped