21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 23
لَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْـَٔلُونَ
La yus-alu AAamma yafAAaluwahum yus-aloon
He will not be questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.
- Progressive Muslims
He is not questioned about what He does, while they will be questioned.
- Shabbir Ahmed
(The Ultimate Sovereignty, befits only Him. ) He cannot be called to account for what He does, whereas they will be called to account.
- Sam Gerrans
He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.
- The Monotheist Group
He is not questioned about what He does, while they will be questioned.
- Edip-Layth
He is not questioned about what He does, while they will be questioned.
- Aisha Bewley
He will not be questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.
- Rashad Khalifa
He is never to be asked about anything He does, while all others are questioned.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
He cannot be questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.
- Sahih International
He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.
- Muhammad Asad
He cannot be called to account for whatever He does, whereas they will be called to account:
- Marmaduke Pickthall
He will not be questioned as to that which He doeth, but they will be questioned.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
He is never questioned or examined judicially for whatever He does, whereas they as a whole shall have much to answer for.
- Bijan Moeinian
God is never to be asked about what He does. He is the one who questions.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
He cannot be questioned as to what He does, while they will be questioned.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He cannot be questioned for His acts, but they will be questioned (for theirs).
- Mustafa Khattab
He cannot be questioned about what He does, but they will ˹all˺ be questioned.
- Taqi Usmani
He is not questioned of what He does, and they are questioned.
- Abdul Haleem
He cannot be called to account for anything He does, whereas they will be called to account.
- Arthur John Arberry
He shall not be questioned as to what He does, but they shall he questioned.
- E. Henry Palmer
He shall not be questioned concerning what He does, but they shall be questioned.
- Hamid S. Aziz
Were there in both (heaven and earth) gods beside Allah, both would surely have been disordered. Glorified is Allah, the Lord of the Throne, above all they ascribe unto Him.
- Mahmoud Ghali
He will not be questioned as (to) what He performs, and they will be questioned.
- George Sale
No account shall be demanded of Him for what He shall do; but an account shall be demanded of them.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
He cannot be questioned for His actions, but they will be questioned (for theirs).
- Amatul Rahman Omar
He cannot be questioned for what He does, (because the cause for an objection does not exist,) whereas all (others) will be questioned (for what they do).
- Ali Quli Qarai
He is not questioned concerning what He does, but they are questioned.