The Quran

سورة یُونس

Surah Yûnus 10:106

Jonah · Verse 106 of 109

وَلَا تَدْعُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنْفَعُكَ وَلَا يَضُرُّكَ ۖ فَإِنْ فَعَلْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذًا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

"And do not call upon, apart from Allâh any other that can neither do good to you, nor can harm you (of his own) for if you do so you shall certainly be of the unjust".´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

'Nor call on any, other than Allah;- Such will neither profit thee nor hurt thee: if thou dost, behold! thou shalt certainly be of those who do wrong.'

Ahmed Ali

And not to invoke any other than God, who can neither help nor hurt me; for if I do, I would surely be unjust.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And do not invoke, apart from God, that which can neither benefit you nor harm you; if you did so, then you would be of the wrongdoers (who wrong themselves by committing the greatest wrong of associating partners with God).

Daryabadi

And invoke not beside Allah that which can neither profit thee nor hurt thee; then if thou dost so, thou art forthwith of the wrong- doers.

Faridul Haque

"And other than Allah, do not worship that which cannot benefit you nor cause you harm; then if you do so, you would be of the unjust." (* Some things like the sun, stars, trees are useful but they too are created by Allah. Their worship will not benefit - in fact it is harmful.)

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And call not besides Allah on that which can neither benefit thee nor harm thee; for if thou dost, thou shalt then be of the unjust.

Maulvi Sher Ali

`And call not, besides ALLAH, on any other that can neither profit thee nor harm thee. And if thou didst so, thou wouldst then certainly be of the wrongdoers.'

Muhammad Asad

Thus, do not invoke, side by side with God, anything that can neither benefit thee nor harm thee: for, behold, if thou do it, thou wilt surely be among the evildoers!

Muhammad Musin Khan

And invoke not besides Allah, any that will neither profit you, nor hurt you, but if (in case) you did so, you shall certainly be one of the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers).

Muhammad Pickthall

And cry not, beside Allah, unto that which cannot profit thee nor hurt thee, for if thou didst so then wert thou of the wrong-doers.

Muhammad Sarwar

nor to seek help from anyone other than God (who can neither benefit nor harm me), lest I become of the unjust.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And do not call besides Allah on that which can neither benefit you nor harm you, for if you do then surely you will in that case be of the unjust.

Rashad Khalifa

You shall not worship beside GOD what possesses no power to benefit you or harm you. If you do, you will be a transgressor.

Shabbir Ahmed

Do not ever call on deities besides God. They have no control over your harm or benefit. If you expected help outside the laws of God, you will be among the wrongdoers.