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Quran 29:61

Surah Al-'Ankabut (The Spider), verse 61 of 69 · Juz 21

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

Translations of Quran 29:61
EnglishTalal Itani

And if you asked them, “Who created the heavens and the earth and regulated the sun and the moon?” They would say, “Allah.” Why then do they deviate?

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And if thou wert to ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth, and constrained the sun and the moon (to their appointed work)? they would say: Allah. How then are they turned away?

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Celâlim hakkı için sorsan onlara: kim o Gökleri ve Yeri yaratıb Şems-ü Kameri teshir etmiş? Elbette şübhesiz Allah derler, o halde nasıl çevriliyorlar?

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Si tu leur demandes qui est celui qui a créé les cieux et la terre, ils te répondront : C’est Dieu. Pourquoi donc mentent-ils en adorant d’autres divinités ?

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Waarlijk, indien gij de bewoners van Mekka vraagt: Wie heeft de hemelen en de aarde geschapen, en de zon en de maan gedwongen hunnen loop te volgen? zullen zij antwoorden: God. Waarom liegen zij dan in de erkenning van andere goden?

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Se tu domandi loro chi è colui che ha creato i cieli, e la terra, ti risponderanno: È Dio. Perchè dunque mentiscono (adorando altre divinità)?

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