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Surah 19. Maryam, Ayah 42

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إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًٔا
I th q a la liabeehi y a abati lima taAAbudu m a l a yasmaAAu wal a yub s iru wal a yughnee AAanka shay a n
when he spoke [thus] unto his father: "O my father! Why dost thou worship something that neither hears nor sees and can be of no avail whatever to thee?
  - Mohammad Asad
Remember when he said to his father: "O my father! Why do you worship something that can neither hear nor see, nor yet profit you in any way?
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
'Remember' when he said to his father, 'O dear father! Why do you worship what can neither hear nor see, nor benefit you at all?
  - Mustafa Khattab
When he said unto his father: O my father! Why worshippest thou that which heareth not nor seeth, nor can in aught avail thee?
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Behold he said to his father: "O my father! why worship that which heareth not and seeth not and can profit thee nothing? 2493
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The reference to Abraham here is in relation to his tender solicitude for his father, who had not received the light of Unity, and to whom Abraham wanted to be a guide and friend.

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