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Surah 17. Al-Israa, Ayah 56

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قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ ٱلضُّرِّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًا

Quli odAAu alla th eena zaAAamtum min doonihi fal a yamlikoona kashfa a l dd urri AAankum wal a ta h weel a n

SAY:⁶⁵ "Call upon those [beings] whom you imagine [to be endowed with divine powers] beside Him⁶⁶ - and [you will find that] they have it not in their power to remove any affliction from you, or to shift it [elsewhere].⁶⁷

- Mohammad Asad

Say: "Pray if you will to those whom you assert besides Him; they have neither the power to relieve you from any distress nor to change it."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Say, 'O Prophet,' 'Invoke those you claim 'to be divine'¹ besides Him- they do not have the power to undo harm from you or transfer it 'to someone else'.'

- Mustafa Khattab

Say: Cry unto those (saints and angels) whom ye assume (to be gods) beside Him, yet they have no power to rid you of misfortune nor to change.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Say: "Call on those besides Him whom ye fancy: they have neither the power to remove your troubles from you nor to change them." ²²⁴²

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali