Al-Qur'an Surah Az-Zukhruf Verse 87

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And if you ask them as to who has created them, they will certainly say, “Allah”. Then, to where are they driven back (by their false desires)?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

If you ask them ˹O Prophet˺ who created them, they will certainly say, “Allah!” How can they then be deluded ˹from the truth˺?

Ruwwad Translation Center

If you ask them who created them, they will surely say, “Allah.” How are they then deluded?

A. J. Arberry

If thou askest them, 'Who created you?' they will say, 'God.' How then are they perverted?

Abdul Haleem

If you [Prophet] ask them who created them they are sure to say, ‘God,’ so why are they so deluded?

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And wert thou to ask them who created them, they will surely say: God. Witherward then are they deviating!

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If thou ask them, who created them, they will certainly say, Allah; How then are they deluded away (from the Truth)?

Abul Ala Maududi

If you were to ask them: “Who created them?” they will surely say: “Allah.” Whence are they, then, being led astray?

Ahmed Ali

If you ask them who created them, they will answer: "God." How then can they turn away?

Ahmed Raza Khan

And if you ask them as to Who created them, they will surely answer “Allah” – so where are they reverting?

Ali Quli Qarai

If you ask them, ‘Who created them?’ they will surely say, ‘Allah.’ Then where do they stray?

Ali Ünal

If you ask them who has created them, they will certainly say, "God." How then are they turned away from the truth and make false claims?

Amatul Rahman Omar

If you were to ask them, `Who created them.´ They will no doubt say, `Allâh.´ Then whither are they being led astray?

English Literal

And if (E) you asked/questioned them: "Who created them?" They will say (E): "God." So where/how they be lied to/turned away?

Faridul Haque

And if you ask them as to Who created them, they will surely answer “Allah” - so where are they reverting?

Hamid S. Aziz

And if you should ask them who created them, they would certainly say, "Allah." Whence are they then turned away?

Hilali & Khan

And if you ask them who created them, they will surely say: "Allah". How then are they turned away (from the worship of Allah, Who created them)?

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And those whom they call upon besides Him control not intercession, but he who bears witness to the Truth and they know (him).

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And if you should ask them who created them, they would certainly say: Allah. Whence are they then turned back?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And if thou ask them who created them, they will surely say: Allah. How then are they turned away?

Muhammad Sarwar

(Muhammad), if you ask them, "Who had created the idols?" They will certainly say, "God has created them." Why do you then turn away from God?

Qaribullah & Darwish

Yet if you ask them: 'Who created you' they will say: 'Allah' How then can they turn away from Him?

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And if you ask them who created them, they will surely say: "Allah." How then are they turned away

Wahiduddin Khan

And if you ask them who created them, they will surely say, God. How then are they turned away?

Talal Itani

And if you asked them, “Who created them?”, they would say, “God.” Why then do they deviate?

Tafsir jalalayn

And if (wa-la-in; the lm is for oaths) you ask them who created them, they will surely say, `God' (la- yaqlunna; the indicative nn and the [plural] person indicator ww have been omitted). How can they then deviate?, [how] can they be turned away from worshipping God?

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And if you ask them who created them, they will surely say;"Allah."

How then are they turned away?

means, `if you ask these idolators who associate others in worship with Allah,'
مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ
(who created them, they will surely say;"Allah.")

means, they will admit that He Alone is the Creator of all things and He has no partner in that. Yet despite that they still worship others alongside Him who have nothing and are able to do nothing. This is the utmost foolishness and stupidity.

Allah says;
فَأَنَّى يُوْفَكُونَ
(How then are they turned away).
The Prophet's Complaint to Allah

Allah says,

وَقِيلِهِ يَارَبِّ إِنَّ هَوُلَاء قَوْمٌ لاَّ يُوْمِنُونَ