Surah 16. An-Nahl, Ayah 21
| أَمْوَاتٌ غَيْرُ أَحْيَاءٍ ۖ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | amwaat ghayr ah.yaa' wa- maa yashcuron 'ayyaana yubcathon |
| Pickthall | : | (They are) dead, not living. And they know not when they will be raised. |
| Asad | : | they are dead, not living,14 and they do not [even] know when they will be raised from the dead! |
| Malik | : | They are dead, not living; they do not even know when they will be raised to life again. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | (They are things) dead lifeless: nor do thy know when they will be raised up. 2044 |
Note - 14Cf. {7:191-194}.
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Note - 2044Idols are dead wood or stone. If men worship stars, or
heroes, or prophets, or great men, they too have no life
except that which was given by Allah. In themselves they
are lifeless. If they worship figments of the
imagination, they are reflections in a double degree, and
have no life in themselves. All these things will be
raised up on the Last Day, in order that false
worshippers may be confronted with them. But they
themselves cannot tell when that Day will be.
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Idols are dead wood or stone. If men worship stars, or heroes, or prophets, or great men, they too have no life except that which was given by Allah. In themselves they are lifeless. If they worship figments of the imagination, they are reflections in a double degree, and have no life in themselves. All these things will be raised up on the Last Day, in order that false worshippers may be confronted with them. But they themselves cannot tell when that Day will be. |
