سورة الصَّافات

Surah Al-Sâffât 37:125

Those Ranging in Ranks · Verse 125 of 182

أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَالِقِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

`Do you call upon Ba`l (- the sun-god), and forsake the Best Creator,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Will ye call upon Baal and forsake the Best of Creators,-

Ahmed Ali

Would you call on Baal and leave the best of creators,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

"Will you continue to invoke Ba‘l (as deity) and forsake the Creator Who creates everything in the best and most appropriate form and has the ultimate rank of creativity –

Daryabadi

Call ye upon Bal and forsake the Best of creators.

Faridul Haque

“What! You worship Baal (an idol) and leave the Best Creator?” -

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Do you call upon Ba

Maulvi Sher Ali

`Do you call on Ba`l and forsake the Best of creators -

Muhammad Asad

Will you invoke Baal and forsake [God,] the best of artisans -

Muhammad Musin Khan

Will you call upon Ba'l (a well- known idol of his nation whom they used to worship) and forsake the Best of creators,

Muhammad Pickthall

Will ye cry unto Baal and forsake the Best of creators,

Muhammad Sarwar

Do you worship Ba`al and abandon the Best Creator.

Muhammed ali Shakir

What! do you call upon Ba'l and forsake the best of the creators,

Rashad Khalifa

Do you worship a statue, instead of the Supreme Creator?

Shabbir Ahmed

You call upon Ba’l, and disregard the Best of creators,

Commentary 37:125 B‘alبَعل is lord or master. It was a honourific title for the numerous male deities worshiped in Syria and Palestine. B‘alبَعْل was also the name of an…

أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَالِقِينَ

37:125 B‘alبَعل is lord or master. It was a honourific title for the numerous male deities worshiped in Syria and Palestine. B‘alبَعْل was also the name of an idol worshiped by the people of the Prophet Elias. These people worshiped the sun, so it also represents the sun god. The town Ba‘lbakk in Lebanon is named after this idol.