The Quran

سورة الشُّعَرَاء

Surah Al-Shu‘arâ’ 26:71

The Poets · Verse 71 of 227

قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَاكِفِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

`We worship idols and will remain constantly devoted to them,´ said they.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They said: "We worship idols, and we remain constantly in attendance on them.

Ahmed Ali

They replied: "We worship idols and are devoted to them."

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Ali Unal

They said: "We worship idols; and (even though they are made of wood and stone) we are ever devoted to them (as they are our deities)."

Daryabadi

They said: we worship idols, and we are unto them ever devoted

Faridul Haque

They said, “We worship idols, and we keep squatting in seclusion before them.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They said: We worship idols, so we shall remain devoted to them.

Maulvi Sher Ali

They said, `We worship idols, and we shall continue to be devoted to them.'

Muhammad Asad

They answered: "We worship idols, and we remain ever devoted to them."

Muhammad Musin Khan

They said: "We worship idols, and to them we are ever devoted."

Muhammad Pickthall

They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them.

Muhammad Sarwar

They replied, "We worship idols and shall continue to worship them".

Muhammed ali Shakir

They said: We worship idols, so we shall be their votaries.

Rashad Khalifa

They said, "We worship statues; we are totally devoted to them."

Shabbir Ahmed

They said, "We worship idols and we are very devoted to them."