سورة مريم، الآية ٨١
وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لِّيَكُونُوا۟ لَهُمْ عِزًّا ٨١
wa-ittakhadhū min dūni l-lahi ālihatan liyakūnū lahum ʿizzan
And they have taken besides Allāh [false] deities that they would be for them [a source of] honor.
Verse 81 of Surah Maryam (19:81), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 311 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.
78 recitations by 72 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
The idolaters have taken for themselves things of worship other than Allah, so that they may be a support and source of assistance for them.
They have taken gods other than Allah, in order that they may protect them [from punishment].
And they have taken (for worship) âlihah (gods) besides Allâh, that they might give them honour, power and glory (and also protect them from Allâh’s punishment).
And they have chosen (other) gods beside Allah that they may be a power for them.
And they have taken (for worship) gods other than Allah, to give them power and glory!
And they have taken gods besides Allah, that they should be to them a source of strength;
And they have taken to themselves (other) gods apart from Allah, that they would be for them a might (i.e. that gods would make mighty).
وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَن لَّا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُۥٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَهُمْ عَن دُعَآئِهِمْ غَٰفِلُونَ …
And who is more astray than he who invokes besides Allāh those who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection [i.e., never], and they, of their invocation, are unaware. …
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
But they have taken besides Allāh [false] deities that perhaps they would be helped.
