The Quran

سورة الاٴنبیَاء

Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:29

The Prophets · Verse 29 of 112

وَمَنْ يَقُلْ مِنْهُمْ إِنِّي إِلَٰهٌ مِنْ دُونِهِ فَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الظَّالِمِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Should anyone of them say, `I am a deity apart from Him;´ him We will recompense with Gehenna for that is how We recompense the unjust.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If any of them should say, "I am a god besides Him", such a one We should reward with Hell: thus do We reward those who do wrong.

Ahmed Ali

If any one of them said: "I am God besides Him," We should award him Hell; for this is how We requite the evil-doers.

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Ali Unal

If any of them were to attempt to say, "I am a deity besides Him," We would recompense him with Hell. Thus do We recompense all such wrongdoers.

Daryabadi

And whosoever of them should say: verily I am a god beside Him, such a one We shall requite with Hell; Thus We requite the wrong- doers.

Faridul Haque

And the one among them who says, "I am a God beside Allah" - We shall reward him with hell; this is how We punish the unjust.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And whoever of them should say, I am a god besides Him, such a one We recompense with hell. Thus We reward the unjust.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And whosoever of them should say, `I am a god beside HIM,' him shall WE requite with Hell. Thus do WE requite the wrongdoers.

Muhammad Asad

And if any of them were to say, "Behold, I am a deity beside Him" - that one We should requite with hell: thus do We requite all [such] evildoers.

Muhammad Musin Khan

And if any of them should say: "Verily, I am an ilah (a god) besides Him (Allah)," such a one We should recompense with Hell. Thus We recompense the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong- doers, etc.).

Muhammad Pickthall

And one of them who should say: Lo! I am a god beside Him, that one We should repay with hell. Thus We Repay wrong-doers.

Muhammad Sarwar

The recompense of those of them who say that they are the Lord instead of God will be hell; thus, do We recompense the unjust ones.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And whoever of them should say: Surely I am a god besides Him, such a one do We recompense with hell; thus do, We recompense the unjust.

Rashad Khalifa

If any of them claims to be a god beside Him, we requite him with Hell; we thus requite the wicked.

Shabbir Ahmed

Any person who claims, “Indeed, I have Divine powers besides Him,” We reward him with Hell. Thus We repay the wrongdoers.