Surah Maryam, Ayah 42 (19:42)

مَرْيَم

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ …

Quran 19:42 is ayah 42 of Surah Maryam (“Mary”), a Meccan surah of 98 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 308 of the Madani Mushaf.

19:42
إِذْقَالَلِأَبِيهِيَٰٓأَبَتِلِمَتَعْبُدُمَالَايَسْمَعُوَلَايُبْصِرُوَلَايُغْنِىعَنكَشَئًْا٤٢
idh qāla li-abīhi yāabati lima taʿbudu mā lā yasmaʿu walā yub'ṣiru walā yugh'nī ʿanka shayan

[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?(42)

Word by word

  1. إِذْidhWhen
  2. قَالَqālahe said
  3. لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
  4. يَٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiO my father
  5. لِمَlimaWhy
  6. تَعْبُدُtaʿbudu(do) you worship
  7. مَاmāthat which
  8. لَاlānot
  9. يَسْمَعُyasmaʿuhears
  10. وَلَاwalāand not
  11. يُبْصِرُyub'ṣirusees
  12. وَلَاwalāand not
  13. يُغْنِىyugh'nībenefits
  14. عَنكَʿanka[to] you
  15. شَئًْاshayan(in) anything

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