Quran 19:42
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًٔا
| EnglishTalal Itani | He said to his father, “O my father, why do you worship what can neither hear, nor see, nor benefit you in any way? |
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| EnglishPickthall, 1930 | When he said unto his father: O my father! Why worshippest thou that which heareth not nor seeth, nor can in aught avail thee? |
| TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935 | Bir vakıt babasına demişti: â babacığım! o işitmez görmez ve sana hiç faidesi olmaz şeylere niçin taparsın |
| FrenchKazimirski, 1840 | Un jour il dit à son père : O mon père ! pourquoi adores-tu ce qui n’entend ni ne voit, et qui ne saurait servir de rien ? |
| DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French | Toen hij tot zijnen vader zeide: O mijn vader! waarom aanbidt gij datgene, wat noch hoort, noch ziet en u volstrekt niet van voordeel is? |
| ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French | Un giorno disse a suo padre: O padre mio! perchè adori ciò che non vede, e non sente, e che non potrebbe servirti a nulla? |