Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 43rd verse of chapter 21 (sūrat l-anbiyāa). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (21) sūrat l-anbiyāa (The Prophets)

Sahih International: Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.

Pickthall: Or have they gods who can shield them from Us? They cannot help themselves nor can they be defended from Us.

Yusuf Ali: Or have they gods that can guard them from Us? They have no power to aid themselves, nor can they be defended from Us.

Shakir: Or, have they gods who can defend them against Us? They shall not be able to assist themselves, nor shall they be defended from Us.

Muhammad Sarwar: Can their gods protect them against Us? Their gods have no power even to help themselves, nor are they safe from Our retribution.

Mohsin Khan: Or have they aliha (gods) who can guard them from Us? They have no power to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us (i.e. from Our Torment).

Arberry: Or have they gods that shall defend them apart from Us? Why, they are not able to help themselves, nor shall they be guarded in safety from Us.

Verse 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48

See Also

• Verse (21:43) Morphology - description of each Arabic word