The Quran

سورة الاٴعرَاف

Surah Al-A‘râf 7:197

The Elevated Places · Verse 197 of 206

وَالَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَنْصُرُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

`And those whom you call upon besides Him have no power to help you, nor can they help themselves.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But those ye call upon besides Him, are unable to help you, and indeed to help themselves.

Ahmed Ali

While those you beseech apart from Him cannot help you or even help themselves.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

"Whereas those whom you deify and invoke, apart from Him, have no power to help you, nor can they help themselves.

Daryabadi

And those whom ye call upon be side Him cannot succour you nor them selves they can succour.

Faridul Haque

"And those whom you worship besides Him cannot help you nor do they help themselves."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those whom you call upon besides Him are not able to help you, nor can they help themselves.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And they whom you call besides HIM have no power to help you, nor can they help themselves;'

Muhammad Asad

whereas all those whom you invoke in His stead are neither able to give you succour nor can succour themselves;

Muhammad Musin Khan

And those whom you call upon besides Him (Allah) cannot help you nor can they help themselves.

Muhammad Pickthall

They on whom ye call beside Him have no power to help you, nor can they help you, nor can they help themselves.

Muhammad Sarwar

The idols which you (the pagans) worship besides God can neither help you nor themselves.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And those whom you call upon besides Him are not able to help you, nor can they help themselves.

Rashad Khalifa

As for the idols you set up beside Him, they cannot help you, nor can they help themselves.

Shabbir Ahmed

Whomever you call instead of Him, has no power to help you, nor can they help themselves.