Quran with British translation - Surah Az-Zukhruf ayat 20 - الزُّخرُف - Page - Juz 25
﴿وَقَالُواْ لَوۡ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ مَا عَبَدۡنَٰهُمۗ مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَخۡرُصُونَ ﴾
[الزُّخرُف: 20]
﴿وقالوا لو شاء الرحمن ما عبدناهم ما لهم بذلك من علم إن﴾ [الزُّخرُف: 20]
| Mohammad Habib Shakir And they say: If the Beneficent Allah had pleased, we should never have worshipped them. They have no knowledge of this; they only lie |
| Mohammad Shafi And they say, "Had the Gracious One so willed, we should not have worshipped them (deities)!" They have no knowledge thereof. Indeed, they do nothing but lie |
| Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall And they say: If the Beneficent One had (so) willed, we should not have worshipped them. They have no knowledge whatsoever of that. They do but guess |
| Mufti Taqi Usmani They say, “Had the RaHmān so willed, we would not have worshipped them.” They have no knowledge of that. They do nothing but make conjectures |
| Muhammad Asad Yet they say, “Had [not] the Most Gracious so willed, we would never have worshipped them!” [But] they cannot have any knowledge of [His having willed] such a thing: they do nothing but guess |
| Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali And they have said, "If The All-Merciful had (so) decided, in no way would we have worshiped them." In no way do they have any knowledge of that; decidedly they are (doing nothing) except conjecturing |
| Muhammad Sarwar The pagans say, "Had the Beneficent God wanted, we would not have worshipped them (idols)." Whatever they say is not based on knowledge. It is only a false conjecture |
| Muhammad Taqi Usmani They say, .Had the RaHman so willed, we would not have worshipped them. They have no knowledge of that. They do nothing but make conjectures |
| Mustafa Khattab Allah Edition And they argue, “Had the Most Compassionate willed, we would have never worshipped them.” They have no knowledge ˹in support˺ of this ˹claim˺. They do nothing but lie |
| Mustafa Khattab God Edition And they argue, “Had the Most Compassionate willed, we would have never worshipped them.” They have no knowledge ˹in support˺ of this ˹claim˺. They do nothing but lie |
| N J Dawood They say: ‘Had it been the will of the Merciful, we should never have worshipped them.‘ Surely of this they have no knowledge: they are only lying |
| Safi Kaskas They say, "If the Merciful willed it, we would not have worshipped them." But they do not know that. They are merely guessing |