سورة مَریَم
Surah Maryam 19:42
Mary · Verse 42 of 98
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِي عَنْكَ شَيْئًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
Behold! he said to his sire, `My dear sire, why do you worship that which can neither hear, nor see, nor can be of any avail to you?
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Behold, he said to his father: "O my father! why worship that which heareth not and seeth not, and can profit thee nothing?
Ahmed Ali
Remember, when he said to his father: "O my father, why do you worship that which can neither hear nor see nor even profit you the least?
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Ali Unal
When he said to his father: "O my father! Why do you worship that which neither hears nor sees, nor can in anything avail you?
Daryabadi
Recall what time he said unto his father: , O my father! wherefore worshippest thou that which heareth not and seeth not, nor availeth thee at all?
Faridul Haque
When he said to his father, * "O my father - why do you worship one which neither hears nor sees, and cannot benefit you in any way?" (* His uncle Azar.)
Maulana Muhammad Ali
When he said to his sire: O my sire, why worshippest thou that which hears not, or sees, or can it avail thee aught?
Maulvi Sher Ali
When he said to his father, why dost thou worship that which neither hears nor sees, nor can avail thee aught?
Muhammad Asad
when he spoke [thus] unto his father: "O my father! Why dost thou worship something that neither hears nor sees and can be of no avail whatever to thee?
Muhammad Musin Khan
When he said to his father: "O my father! Why do you worship that which hears not, sees not and cannot avail you in anything?
Muhammad Pickthall
When he said unto his father: O my father! Why worshippest thou that which heareth not nor seeth, nor can in aught avail thee?
Muhammad Sarwar
who asked his father, "Father, why do you worship something that can neither hear nor see nor help you at all?.
Muhammed ali Shakir
When he said to his father; O my father! why do you worship what neither hears nor sees, nor does it avail you in the least:
Rashad Khalifa
He said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship what can neither hear, nor see, nor help you in any way?
Shabbir Ahmed
He even confronted his father (Azar), “O My father! Why do you worship what hears not and sees not and can be of no avail to you?”