Al-Qur'an Surah Ash-Shu'ara Verse 93

Mufti Taqi Usmani

beside Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?’

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

besides Allah? Can they help you or even help themselves?”

Ruwwad Translation Center

other than Allah? Can they help you or even help themselves?”

A. J. Arberry

apart from God? Do they help you or help themselves?'

Abdul Haleem

beside God? Can they help you now, or even help themselves?’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Beside Allah? Can they succour you or succour themselves?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"'Besides Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?'

Abul Ala Maududi

beside Allah? Can they be of any help to you, or even be of any help to themselves?"

Ahmed Ali

Other than God? Can they save you or even save themselves?"

Ahmed Raza Khan

“Instead of Allah? Will they help you or retaliate?”

Ali Quli Qarai

besides Allah? Do they help you, or do they help each other?’

Ali Ünal

"Apart from God? Can they be of any help to you, or even to themselves?"

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Apart from Allâh? Can they come to your help or inflict punishment?´

English Literal

From other than God? Do they give you victory/aid or they become victorious?

Faridul Haque

“Instead of Allah? Will they help you or retaliate?”

Hamid S. Aziz

"And it will be said unto them, ´Where is all that you used to worship

Hilali & Khan

"Instead of Allah? Can they help you or (even) help themselves?"

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And hell is made manifest to the deviators,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Besides Allah? Can they help you or yet help themselves?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Instead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?

Muhammad Sarwar

besides God? Will the idols help you? Can they help themselves?"

Qaribullah & Darwish

other than Allah? Do they help you or even help themselves'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

"Instead of Allah Can they help you or help themselves"

Wahiduddin Khan

besides God? Can they help you or even help themselves?"

Talal Itani

Besides God? Can they help you, or help themselves?”

Tafsir jalalayn

besides God?, that is, other than Him, in the way of idols. Do they help you, by averting from you the chastisement, or do they help one another?', by averting it from themselves? No [neither]!

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Where are those that you used to worship instead of Allah! Can they help you or help themselves!

meaning, `the gods and idols whom you used to worship instead of Allah cannot help you today, and they cannot even protect themselves. You and they are fuel for Hell today, which you will surely enter.'

فَكُبْكِبُوا فِيهَا هُمْ وَالْغَاوُونَ