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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?

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Surah 19. Maryam, Ayah 42

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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

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Surah 19. Maryam, Ayah 42

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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

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Behold he said to his father: "O my father! why worship that which heareth not and seeth not and can profit thee nothing? ²⁴⁹³