The Quran

سورة العَنکبوت

Surah Al-‘Ankabût 29:61

The Spider · Verse 61 of 69

وَلَئِنْ سَأَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

In case you ask them, `Who has created the heavens and the earth and harnessed the sun and the moon (into the service of mankind)?´ They will answer, `Allâh.´ Then whither are they being turned away (from accepting the truth).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If indeed thou ask them who has created the heavens and the earth and subjected the sun and the moon (to his Law), they will certainly reply, "Allah". How are they then deluded away (from the truth)?

Ahmed Ali

If you ask them: "Who created the heavens and the earth, and who set the sun and the moon to work?" They will answer: "God." Why then do they vacillate?

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Ali Unal

If you ask them, "Who is it that has created the heavens and the earth, and made the sun and the moon subservient to His order (thereby sustaining life)?" they will most certainly say, "God." How then are they (who oppose this Revelation) turned away from the truth and make false claims?

Daryabadi

And wert thou to ask them.: who hath created the heavens and the earth and subjected the sun and the moon they would surely say: Allah. How then are they deviating?

Faridul Haque

And if you ask them, “Who created the heavens and the earth, and subjected the sun and the moon?”, they will surely say, “Allah”; so where are they reverting?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And if thou ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth and made the sun and the moon subservient? they would say, Allah. Whence are they then turned away?

Maulvi Sher Ali

And if thou ask them, `Who has created the heavens and the earth and pressed into service the sun and the moon? They will, surely, say, `ALLAH.' How then are they being turned away from the truth?

Muhammad Asad

And thus it is [with most people]: if thou ask them, "Who is it that has created the heavens and the earth, and made the sun and the moon subservient [to His laws]?" they will surely answer, "God."

Muhammad Musin Khan

If you were to ask them: "Who has created the heavens and the earth and subjected the sun and the moon?" They will surely reply: "Allah." How then are they deviating (as polytheists and disbelievers)?

Muhammad Pickthall

And if thou wert to ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth, and constrained the sun and the moon (to their appointed work)? they would say: Allah. How then are they turned away?

Muhammad Sarwar

If you ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth and has subdued the sun and moon?" They will say, "God has done it." So why are they wandering about!?

Muhammed ali Shakir

And if you ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth and made the sun and the moon subservient, they will certainly say, Allah. Whence are they then turned away?

Rashad Khalifa

If you ask them, "Who created the heavens and the earth, and put the sun and the moon in your service," they will say, "GOD." Why then did they deviate?

Shabbir Ahmed

And if you ask them, “Who has created the heavens and earth, and subjected the sun and the moon?” They will answer, “God". How, then, are they lost in the wilderness of thought!