Surah Maryam, ayah 42
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًٔا
[Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?
Maryam · 19:42
Word by word
- إِذْidhWhen
- قَالَqālahe said
- لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
- يَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiO my father
- لِمَlimaWhy
- تَعْبُدُtaʿbudu(do) you worship
- مَاmāthat which
- لَاlānot
- يَسْمَعُyasmaʿuhears
- وَلَاwalāand not
- يُبْصِرُyub'ṣirusees
- وَلَاwalāand not
- يُغْنِىyugh'nībenefits
- عَنكَʿanka[to] you
- شَيْـًۭٔاshayan(in) anything
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