The Quran

سورة الاٴنعَام

Surah Al-An‘âm 6:41

The Cattle · Verse 41 of 165

بَلْ إِيَّاهُ تَدْعُونَ فَيَكْشِفُ مَا تَدْعُونَ إِلَيْهِ إِنْ شَاءَ وَتَنْسَوْنَ مَا تُشْرِكُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

`Nay, but you will call upon Him alone, then He will, if He please, relieve (you) of that distress for (the removal of) which you called upon Him; and you will abandon those (false gods) which you associate with Him.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Nay,- On Him would ye call, and if it be His will, He would remove (the distress) which occasioned your call upon Him, and ye would forget (the false gods) which ye join with Him!

Ahmed Ali

No: You will call to Him alone; and He will, if He please, remove (the distress) for which you had called Him; and forget those you associate as compeers (with Him)

12 more translations

Ali Unal

(No indeed!) Rather, it is Him alone that you invoke – then He may, if He wills, remove that which caused you to invoke Him – and you forget (then) whatever partners you have been associating with Him.

Daryabadi

Aye! unto Him alone ye would cry, and He would remove that where for ye cried unto Him, if He will, and ye would forget that which ye associate.

Faridul Haque

“In fact you will only call upon Him, and if He wills, He may remove that because of which you prayed to Him, and you will forget the partners (you ascribe to Him).”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Nay, Him you call upon, so He removes that for which you pray, if He pleases, and you forget what you set up (with Him).

Maulvi Sher Ali

Nay, but on HIM alone will you call; then will HE remove, if HE pleases, that which you call on HIM to remove, and you will forget what you associate with HIM.'

Muhammad Asad

Nay, but it is Him alone that you will invoke - whereupon He may, if He so wills, remove that [ill] which caused you to call unto Him; and you will have forgotten all that to which you [now] ascribe divinity side by side with Him."

Muhammad Musin Khan

Nay! To Him Alone you call, and, if He will, He would remove that (distress) for which you call upon Him, and you forget at that time whatever partners you joined with Him (in worship)!

Muhammad Pickthall

Nay, but unto Him ye call, and He removeth that because of which ye call unto Him, if He will, and ye forget whatever partners ye ascribed unto Him.

Muhammad Sarwar

You will certainly ask Him for help. He will save you from hardship if He decides to do so and you will forget all about your gods."

Muhammed ali Shakir

Nay, Him you call upon, so He clears away that for which you pray if He pleases and you forget what you set up (with Him).

Rashad Khalifa

The fact is: only Him you implore, and He answers your prayer, if He so wills, and you forget your idols.

Shabbir Ahmed

Nay, you would call on Him alone, and He would remove the distress that caused you to call on Him, if He wills. And you would forget all that you associate with Him.