The Criterion
25. Al-Furqān
الفرقان
Page #360
25:3
وَاتَّخَذُوا
مِن
دُونِهِ
آلِهَةً
لَّا
يَخْلُقُونَ
شَيْئًا
وَهُمْ
يُخْلَقُونَ
وَلَا
يَمْلِكُونَ
لِأَنفُسِهِمْ
ضَرًّا
وَلَا
نَفْعًا
وَلَا
يَمْلِكُونَ
مَوْتًا
وَلَا
حَيَاةً
وَلَا
نُشُورًا
wa-ttakhadhū min dūnihī ʾālihatan lā yakhluqūna shayʾan wa-hum yukhlaqūna wa-lā yamlikūna li-ʾanfusihim ḍarran wa-lā nafʿan wa-lā yamlikūna mawtan wa-lā ḥayātan wa-lā nushūran
Yet they have taken gods besides Him who create nothing and have themselves been created, and who have no control over their own harm or benefit and have no control over [their own] death, life, or resurrection.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Yet have they taken, besides him, gods that can create nothing but are themselves created; that have no control of hurt or good to themselves; nor can they control death nor life nor resurrection.
