سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٤٣
أَمْ لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ تَمْنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَا لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ ٤٣
am lahum ālihatun tamnaʿuhum min dūninā lā yastaṭīʿūna naṣra anfusihim walā hum minnā yuṣ'ḥabūna
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.
Verse 43 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:43), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 325 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Do they have gods that will protect them from My punishment? They are not capable of helping even themselves by removing any harm or acquiring any benefit! Whoever cannot help himself, how can he help others? Nor will they be protected from My punishment.
Do they have gods who can defend them against Us? They cannot even help themselves, nor will they be protected from Us.
Or have they âlihah (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).
Or have they gods who can shield them from Us? They cannot help themselves nor can they be defended from Us.
Or have they gods that can guard them from Us? They have no power to aid themselves, nor can they be defended from Us.
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.
Or even have they gods that will prevent (their punishment), apart from Us? They are not able to vindicate themselves, nor will they be kept company by Us.
