Quran 21:68 Word by Word & Translations

21:68 Word by Word (2021)

They said, "Burn him and support your gods, if you are doers."


21:68 Arabic

قَالُوا۟ حَرِّقُوهُ وَٱنصُرُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ

21:68 Transliteration

Qaloo harriqoohu waonsuroo alihatakum in kuntum faAAileena
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They said: "If you are to do anything, then burn him, and give victory to your gods."
Abdel Haleem
They said, ‘Burn him and avenge your gods, if you are going to do the right thing.’
Abdul Hye
They said: “Burn him and help your deity, if you will be doing (any action).”
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: burn him, and succour your gods, if ye will be doing
Ahmed Ali
They said: "Burn him, and save your gods, if you are men of action."
Ahmed Hulusi
They said, “Burn him (Abraham) and support your deities... if you are able to do something (then at least do this much).”
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said, 'burn him and help your gods, if you have to do.'
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´Burn him and support your gods if you are resolved to do something.´
Ali Ünal
They exclaimed: "Burn him and so protect your deities, if you really mean to do something!"
Ali Quli Qara'i
They said, ‘Burn him, and help your gods, if you are to do anything!’
Amatul Rahman Omar
They said, (among themselves,) `Burn him and help your gods if (at all) you would do (anything against Abraham).
Arthur John Arberry
They said, 'Burn him, and help your gods, if you would do aught.
Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “Burn him and help your gods if you are doers.”
Bijan Moeinian
They said to the public: “Burn him and save your gods, if you really care (about your cultural roots.)”
Bilal Muhammad 2018
They said, “Burn him and protect your gods, if you want to do something.
Corpus.Quran
They said Burn him and support your gods if you are doers
Dr. Kamal Omar
(The aggressive and crude ones, becoming emotional and retributive) said: “Put him on fire, and provide help to your gods if you are those who can do (something).”
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: Burn him and help your gods if you had been ones who do so!
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
They said: ‘Burn him and help your (ruined) gods if you have to do (something).
Dr. Munir Munshey
They cried, "Burn him at the stake! Rush to the aid of your gods! Act, if you will!"
Edward Henry Palmer
Said they, 'Burn him, and help your gods, if ye are going to do so!
Faridul Haque
They said, "Burn him and help your gods, if you want to."
Fode Drame
They said, “Burn him and give victory to your gods if you are going to do something.”
George Sale
They said, burn him, and avenge your gods: If ye do this it will be well
Hamid S. Aziz
They cried, "Burn him, and stand by your gods, if you are going to do anything."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They said: 'Burn him and help your gods, if you are going to do anything!
Hilali - Khan
They said: "Burn him and help your aliha (gods), if you will be doing."
Irving/Hegab
They said: "Burn him up and support your gods if you must be doing something!"
John Medows Rodwell
They said: "Burn him, and come to the succour of your gods: if ye will do anything at all."
Linda "iLham" Barto
They said, “Burn him and support your gods if you will!”
Maududi
They said: "Burn him, and come to the support of your gods, if you are going to do anything."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: Burn him, and help your gods, if you are going to do (anything)
Mir Aneesuddin
Fie * on you and that which you worship besides Allah ! Have you then no sense?" * An expression of disgust
Mohammad Shafi
They said, "Put him in the fire and help your gods, if you are going to do anything."
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
They said: "Burn him, and give victory/aid (to) your gods, if you were making/doing (that)."
Muhammad Asad
They exclaimed: “Burn him, and [thereby] succour your gods, if you are going to do [anything]!&rdquo
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "Burn him away and vindicate your gods, in case you are performing that."
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
They cried: Burn him and stand by your gods, if ye will be doing
Muhammad Sarwar
They .said, "Burn him to ashes if you want to help your gods"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They said, .(O people) burn him and help your gods, if you are to take action
Munir Mezyed
They yelled: "Burn him and support your deities, if you really intend to do something!"
MunirMezyed2023
They yelled: ‘Burn him and avenge your gods If you would do aught’.
Musharraf Hussain
They shouted angrily: “Burn him and help your gods if you are going to do something.”
Mustafa Khattab 2018
They concluded, “Burn him up to avenge your gods, if you must act.”
Mustaqim
They said: burn him and help your gods if you want to act.
N J Dawood 2014
They said: ‘Burn him and avenge your gods, if you must punish him!‘
Rashad Khalifa
They said, "Burn him and support your gods, if this is what you decide to do."
Safi Kaskas
They said, "Burn him and support your gods-if you are to act."
Samy Mahdy
They said, “Burn him and victory your Gods, if you are doing.”
Shabbir Ahmed
The priesthood of the temple (in their vested interests) instigated the masses, "Burn him alive and uphold your gods if you are going to take any action!"
Shakir
They said: Burn him and help your gods, if you are going to do (anything)
Sher Ali
They said, `Burn him and help your gods if at all you mean to do something.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They said: "Burn him and protect your gods, if you do (anything at all)!"
T.B.Irving
They said: "Burn him up and support your gods if you must be doing something!"
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They demanded, “Burn him and assist your gods, if you are to act.”
Talal Itani (2012)
They said, 'Burn him and support your gods, if you are going to act.'
The Study Quran
They said, “Burn him, and help your gods, if you would take action!
The Wise Quran
They said, 'Burn him, and help your gods, if you are doers.'
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
They said, "Burn him and support your gods - if you are to act."
Wahiduddin Khan
They said, Burn him and help your deities, if you are resolved to do something
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said, "Burn him and protect your gods, If ye do (anything at all)!"