The Quran

سورة الزّخرُف

Surah Al-Zukhruf 43:15

The Ornaments · Verse 15 of 89

وَجَعَلُوا لَهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ جُزْءًا ۚ إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَكَفُورٌ مُبِينٌ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(Though they say that Allâh alone is the Creator of the heavens and the earth) yet they have made some of His servants His part (- His son), such a human being is evidently ungrateful.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Yet they attribute to some of His servants a share with Him (in his godhead)! truly is man a blasphemous ingrate avowed!

Ahmed Ali

Yet they make some of His creatures His offspring! Man is surely most ungrateful.

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Ali Unal

Yet they attribute to Him (fatherhood of) some among His servants. Human is indeed ungrateful, obviously.

Daryabadi

And they appoint for Him from His bondmen a part! Verily man is an ingrate manifest.

Faridul Haque

And from* His bondmen, they appointed a portion for Him; man is indeed an open ingrate. (* Appointed some of His creation as His sons and daughters).

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And they assign to Him a part of His servants. Man, to be sure, is clearly ungrateful.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And they assign to HIM a part of HIS servants as HIS children. Indeed man is manifestly ungrateful.

Muhammad Asad

AND YET, they attribute to Him offspring from among some of the beings created by Him! Verily, most obviously bereft of all gratitude is man!

Muhammad Musin Khan

Yet they assign to some of His slaves a share with Him (by pretending that He has children, and considering them as equals or co-partners in worship with Him). Verily, man is indeed a manifest ingrate!

Muhammad Pickthall

And they allot to Him a portion of His bondmen! Lo! man is verily a mere ingrate.

Muhammad Sarwar

The pagans have considered some of His servants as His children. There is no doubt that the human being is simply ungrateful.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And they assign to Him a part of His servants; man, to be sure, is clearly ungrateful.

Rashad Khalifa

They even assigned for Him a share from His own creation! Surely, the human being is profoundly unappreciative.

Shabbir Ahmed

And yet they ‘make’ some of His servants to be a part of Him. Human being is clearly ungrateful.