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Al-Qalam

19:42

Maryam 42

Surah Maryam (مريم), verse 42 — reference 19:42. Arabic text with optional translation and free audio on Al-Qalam.

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًٔا

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?