21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 21
اَمِ اتَّخَذُٓوا اٰلِهَةً مِنَ الْاَرْضِ هُمْ يُنْشِرُونَ
Ami ittakhathoo alihatan minaal-ardi hum yunshiroon
Or have they taken gods out of the earth who can bring the dead to life?
- Progressive Muslims
Or have they taken gods from the Earth who can resurrect
- Shabbir Ahmed
And yet, some people choose 'gods' from the earth thinking that systems devised by them can make the humanity rise.
- Sam Gerrans
If they have taken gods from the earth who resurrect:
- The Monotheist Group
Or have they taken earthly gods who can resurrect?
- Edip-Layth
Or have they taken gods from the earth who can resurrect?
- Aisha Bewley
Or have they taken gods out of the earth who can bring the dead to life?
- Rashad Khalifa
Have they found gods on earth who can create?
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Or have they taken gods from the earth who can raise the dead?
- Sahih International
Or have men taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?
- Muhammad Asad
And yet some people choose to worship certain earthly things or beings as deities that [are supposed to] resurrect [the dead; and they fail to realize that],
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Or have they chosen gods from the earth who raise the dead?
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Could it be that they- the idolaters-have taken earthly objects of worship who can raise the dead and restore them to life!
- Bijan Moeinian
Can these earthly things (that they have taken them as their gods) create?
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Or have they taken (for worship) âlihah (gods) from the earth who raise the dead?
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Or have they taken (for worship) gods from the earth who can raise (the dead)?
- Mustafa Khattab
Or have they taken gods from the earth, who can raise the dead?
- Taqi Usmani
Or have they adopted gods from the earth, who raise the dead?
- Abdul Haleem
Have they chosen any gods from the earth who can give life to the dead?
- Arthur John Arberry
Or have they taken gods out of the earth who raise the dead?
- E. Henry Palmer
Or have they taken gods from the earth who can raise up (the dead)?
- Hamid S. Aziz
They glorify Him by night and day without intermission.
- Mahmoud Ghali
Or even have they taken to themselves gods from the earth who make (the dead) rise up again?
- George Sale
Have they taken gods from the earth? Shall they raise the dead to life?
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Or have they taken (other) gods from the earth who can raise the dead?
- Amatul Rahman Omar
And yet some people have chosen (false) gods from the earth who (are supposed to) raise (the dead) to life.
- Ali Quli Qarai
Have they taken gods from the earth who raise [the dead]?