سورة الزّخرُف
Surah Al-Zukhruf 43:20
The Ornaments · Verse 20 of 89
وَقَالُوا لَوْ شَاءَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنَاهُمْ ۗ مَا لَهُمْ بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And they say, `If the Most Gracious (God) had (so) willed, we should never have worshipped them.´ They have no real knowledge whatsoever in that matter. They do nothing but make conjectures.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
("Ah!") they say, "If it had been the will of (Allah) Most Gracious, we should not have worshipped such (deities)!" Of that they have no knowledge! they do nothing but lie!
Ahmed Ali
Yet they say: "If Ar-Rahman had so pleased we would not have worshipped them." They have no knowledge of it in the least. They only make up lies.
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Ali Unal
They also say: "If the All-Merciful had so willed, we would not have worshipped them (our deities, including angels)." They have no knowledge whatever of that (the relationship of Divine Will and human will and actions). Indeed, they only judge and speak according to their own fancies and interests.
Daryabadi
And they say: had the Compassionate willed we should not have worshipped them. They have no knowledge thereof; they are only guessing.
Faridul Haque
And they say, “If the Most Gracious had willed, we would not have worshipped them!” They do not know its truth at all; they only make guesses.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And they say: If the Beneficent had pleased, we should not have worshipped them. They have no knowledge of this; they only lie.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And they say, `If the Gracious God had so willed, we should not have worshiped them.' They have no knowledge whatsoever of that. They do nothing but conjecture.
Muhammad Asad
Yet they say, "Had [not] the Most Gracious so willed, we would never have worshipped them!"
Muhammad Musin Khan
And they said: "If it had been the Will of the Most Beneficent (Allah), we should not have worshipped them (false deities)." They have no knowledge whatsoever of that. They do nothing but lie!
Muhammad Pickthall
And they say: If the Beneficent One had (so) willed, we should not have worshipped them. They have no knowledge whatsoever of that. They do but guess.
Muhammad Sarwar
The pagans say, "Had the Beneficent God wanted, we would not have worshipped them (idols)." Whatever they say is not based on knowledge. It is only a false conjecture.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And they say: If the Beneficent Allah had pleased, we should never have worshipped them. They have no knowledge of this; they only lie.
Rashad Khalifa
They even said, "If the Most Gracious willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have no basis for such a claim; they only conjecture.
Shabbir Ahmed
Yet they say, "If it had been the will of the Beneficent, we would not have worshiped them." But of that, they have no knowledge. They only wander in the valley of conjecture.