سورة الإسرَاء
Surah Al-Isrâ’ 17:56
The Night-Journey · Verse 56 of 111
قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِهِ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ الضُّرِّ عَنْكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
Say, `Call upon those whom you assert (to be gods) apart from Him, then (you will realize) they have no power to rid you of affliction nor to avert (it) or transfer it to others.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Say: "Call on those - besides Him - whom ye fancy: they have neither the power to remove your troubles from you nor to change them.
Ahmed Ali
Say: "Call those whom you imagine to be gods besides Him; yet they have no power to relieve you of any distress or to avert it."
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Ali Unal
Say: "Call upon those (the angels, human beings, jinn,) whom you pretend are deities apart from Him! They have no power to remove any affliction from you nor can they make any changes in your conditions."
Daryabadi
Say thou: call upon those whom ye fancy beside Him; they are able neither to remove the distress from you nor to work a turning off.
Faridul Haque
Proclaim, "Call upon those whom you assume besides Allah - so they do not have any power to relieve the misfortune from you nor to avert it."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Say: Call on those whom you assert besides Him; they have no power to remove distress from you nor to change.
Maulvi Sher Ali
Say, `Call on those whom you assert to be gods besides HIM; then you will know that they have no power to remove affliction from you nor to change your condition.'
Muhammad Asad
SAY "Call upon those [beings] whom you imagine [to be endowed with divine powers] beside Him and [you will find that] they have it not in their power to remove any affliction from you, or to shift it [elsewhere]."
Muhammad Musin Khan
Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Call unto those besides Him whom you pretend [to be gods like angels, Iesa (Jesus), 'Uzair (Ezra), etc.]. They have neither the power to remove the adversity from you nor even to shift it from you to another person."
Muhammad Pickthall
Say: Cry unto those (saints and angels) whom ye assume (to be gods) beside Him, yet they have no power to rid you of misfortune nor to change.
Muhammad Sarwar
(Muhammad), tell them, "Seek help from those whom you consider equal to God. They are not able to remove or change your hardships".
Muhammed ali Shakir
Say: Call on those whom you assert besides Him, so they shall not control the removal of distress from you nor (its) transference.
Rashad Khalifa
Say, "Implore whatever idols you have set up beside Him." They have no power to relieve your afflictions, nor can they prevent them.
Shabbir Ahmed
(All these Prophets taught that there is only One True God.) Say, "Call unto those saints, angels, idols, whom you consider gods besides Him. They have no power to rid you of any troubles, nor can they divert them."