Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 73rd verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees)

Sahih International: And they worship besides Allah that which does not possess for them [the power of] provision from the heavens and the earth at all, and [in fact], they are unable.

Pickthall: And they worship beside Allah that which owneth no provision whatsoever for them from the heavens or the earth, nor have they (whom they worship) any power.

Yusuf Ali: And worship others than Allah,- such as have no power of providing them, for sustenance, with anything in heavens or earth, and cannot possibly have such power?

Shakir: And they serve besides Allah that which does not control for them any sustenance at all from the heavens and the earth, nor have they any power.

Muhammad Sarwar: Do they worship things other than God which neither provide them with any sustenance from the heavens and the earth nor have the ability to do so?

Mohsin Khan: And they worship others besides Allah, such as do not and cannot own any provision for them from the heavens or the earth.

Arberry: And do they serve, apart from God, that which has no power to provide them anything from the heavens and the earth and can do nothing?

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See Also

• Verse (16:73) Morphology - description of each Arabic word