Quran 26:71 Word by Word & Translations

26:71 Word by Word (2021)

They said, "We worship idols, so we will remain to them devoted."

26:71 Arabic

قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ
26:71 Transliteration

Qaloo naAAbudu asnaman fanathallu laha AAakifeena
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They said: "We worship statues; thus we stay devoted to them.
Abdel Haleem
They said, ‘We worship idols, and are constantly in attendance on them.’
Abdul Hye
They said: “We worship idols, and we remain devoted to them.”
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: we worship idols, and we are unto them ever devote
Ahmed Ali
They replied: "We worship idols and are devoted to them."
Ahmed Hulusi
They said, “We serve our idols; we are constantly engaged in them.”
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said, We worship idols, then we remain sitting devoted before them.
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´We worship idols and will continue to cling to them.´
Ali Ãœnal
They said: "We worship idols; and (even though they are made of wood and stone) we are ever devoted to them (as they are our deities)."
Ali Quli Qara'i
They said, ‘We worship idols, and we will go on clinging to them.’
Amatul Rahman Omar
`We worship idols and will remain constantly devoted to them,' said they
Arthur John Arberry
They said, 'We serve idols, and continue cleaving to them
Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “We serve idols, and we continue to be devoted to them.”
Bijan Moeinian
They replied: “We are totally devoted to these idols that we worship.”
Bilal Muhammad 2018
They said, “We worship idols, and we remain constantly in attendance to them.
Corpus.Quran
They said We worship idols so we will remain to them devoted
Dr. Kamal Omar
They said: “We worship idols and we remain confined in retreat (to them).
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: We worship idols. We will stay ones who give ourselves up to them.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
They said: ‘We worship idols and remain stuck to their (worship and care).
Dr. Munir Munshey
They said, "We worship idols. And our devotion to them is constant."
Edward Henry Palmer
They said, 'We serve idols, and we are still devoted to them
Faridul Haque
They said, “We worship idols, and we keep squatting in seclusion before them.”
Fode Drame
They said, “We worship idols and we remain constant in devotion to them.”
George Sale
They answered, we worship idols; and we constantly serve them all the day long
Hamid S. Aziz
They said, "We worship idols, and we are devoted to them."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They replied: 'We worship idols and continue cleaving to them.
Hilali - Khan
They said: "We worship idols, and to them we are ever devoted."
Irving/Hegab
They said; "We worship idols, and are utterly devoted to them."
John Medows Rodwell
They said, "We worship idols, and constant is our devotion to them."
Linda "iLham" Barto
They said, “We worship idols, and we remain loyal to them.”
Maududi
They answered: "There are some idols that we worship and are devoted to them with constancy."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: We worship idols, so we shall remain devoted to them
Mir Aneesuddin
They said, "We worship idols and we will remain sticking to them."
Mohammad Shafi
They said, "We worship idols, and we bow down to them in devotion."
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
They said: "We worship idols/statues so we continue/remain to it devoting/dedicating ."
Muhammad Asad
They answered: We worship idols, and we remain ever devoted to them.”
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "We worship idols, so we linger on consecrating (ourselves) to them."
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them
Muhammad Sarwar
when he asked his father and others, "What do you worship?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They said, .We worship idols, and stay devoted to them
Munir Mezyed
They said: "We worship idols but we shall always be faithfully devoted to them.”
MunirMezyed2023
They said: ‘We worship idols but we shall always be faithfully devoted to them’.
Musharraf Hussain
They said, “We worship idols and remain devoted to them.”
Mustafa Khattab 2018
They replied, “We worship idols, to which we are fully devoted.”
Mustaqim
They said: we serve idols and remain devoted to them.
N J Dawood 2014
They said: ‘We worship idols and pray to them with all fervour.‘
Rashad Khalifa
They said, "We worship statues; we are totally devoted to them."
Safi Kaskas
They said, "We worship idols, and we always attend to them."
Samy Mahdy
They said, “We worship idols, so we stay devoted to it.”
Shabbir Ahmed
They said, "We worship idols and we are very devoted to them."
Shakir
They said: We worship idols, so we shall be their votaries
Sher Ali
They said, `We worship idols, and we shall continue to be devoted to them.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They said: "We worship idols, and we remain attending to them always."
T.B.Irving
They said; "We worship idols, and are utterly devoted to them."
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They replied, “We worship idols, to which we are fervently devoted.”
Talal Itani (2012)
They said, 'We worship idols, and we remain devoted to them.'
The Study Quran
They said, “We worship idols, and we remain ever devoted to them.
The Wise Quran
They said, 'We serve idols, so we will remain devoted to them.'
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."
Wahiduddin Khan
They said, We worship idols and will continue to cling to them
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said: "We worship idols, and we remain constantly in attendance on them."