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Quran 46:28

Surah Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills), verse 28 of 35 · Juz 26

فَلَوْلَا نَصَرَهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قُرْبَانًا ءَالِهَةًۢ ۖ بَلْ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنْهُمْ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ إِفْكُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

Translations of Quran 46:28
EnglishTalal Itani

Why then did the idols, whom they worshiped as means of nearness to Allah, not help them? In fact, they abandoned them. It was their lie, a fabrication of their own making.

EnglishPickthall, 1930

Then why did those whom they had chosen for gods as a way of approach (unto Allah) not help them? Nay, but they did fail them utterly. And (all) that was their lie, and what they used to invent.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

O vakıt Allahın mâsivâsından yakınlık için ilâh ittihaz eyledikleri kimseler onları kurtarsalardı ya! Bil'âkis onlardan savuşub yittiler gittiler, ki işte onların sapıtmalarının ve uydurup durdukları iftirâlarının hasılı budur

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Et pourquoi ceux qu’ils s’étaient choisis à côté de Dieu pour être leurs divinités et l’objet de leur culte, ne les ont-ils pas secourus ? Loin de là, ils ont disparu de leurs yeux. Voilà leurs impostures, voilà ce qu’ils (les infidèles) inventent.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Waarom ondersteunden haar niet degenen, welke zij als goden namen naast God, en met welker toegenegenheid zij waanden vereerd te zijn? Neen, zij onttrokken zich aan hunne blikken. Maar het was hunne valsche meening, die hen verleidde, en de godslastering, welke zij hadden uitgedacht.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

E perchè quei che si erano scelti a fianco di Dio per loro divinità e per adorarli, non li hanno essi ajutati? Per lo contrario, essi sono spariti dai loro occhi. Tale è la bugia degl’infedeli, tali sono le loro invenzioni.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.