Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 42nd verse of chapter 19 (sūrat maryam). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (19) sūrat maryam (Mary)

Sahih International: [Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?

Pickthall: When he said unto his father: O my father! Why worshippest thou that which heareth not nor seeth, nor can in aught avail thee?

Yusuf Ali: Behold, he said to his father: "O my father! why worship that which heareth not and seeth not, and can profit thee nothing?

Shakir: When he said to his father; O my father! why do you worship what neither hears nor sees, nor does it avail you in the least:

Muhammad Sarwar: who asked his father, "Father, why do you worship something that can neither hear nor see nor help you at all?

Mohsin Khan: When he said to his father: "O my father! Why do you worship that which hears not, sees not and cannot avail you in anything?

Arberry: When he said to his father, 'Father, why worshippest thou that which neither hears nor sees, nor avails thee anything?

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See Also

• Verse (19:42) Morphology - description of each Arabic word