قَالُوا۟
Qālūa
Quran 26 : 71
They said, "We worship idols, so we will remain to them devoted."
نَعْبُدُ
Naʿbudu
أَصْنَامًا
Aaṣnāmana
فَنَظَلُّ
Fanaẓallu
لَهَا
Lahā
عَٰكِفِينَ
ʿAākifīna
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They said: "We worship statues; thus we stay devoted to them.
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said: "We worship idols, and we remain constantly in attendance on them."
Wahiduddin Khan
They said, We worship idols and will continue to cling to them
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."
The Wise Quran
They said, 'We serve idols, so we will remain devoted to them.'
The Study Quran
They said, “We worship idols, and we remain ever devoted to them.
Talal Itani (2012)
They said, 'We worship idols, and we remain devoted to them.'
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They replied, “We worship idols, to which we are fervently devoted.”
T.B.Irving
They said; "We worship idols, and are utterly devoted to them."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They said: "We worship idols, and we remain attending to them always."
Sher Ali
They said, `We worship idols, and we shall continue to be devoted to them.
Shakir
They said: We worship idols, so we shall be their votaries
Shabbir Ahmed
They said, "We worship idols and we are very devoted to them."
Samy Mahdy
They said, “We worship idols, so we stay devoted to it.”
Safi Kaskas
They said, "We worship idols, and we always attend to them."
Rashad Khalifa
They said, "We worship statues; we are totally devoted to them."
N J Dawood 2014
They said: ‘We worship idols and pray to them with all fervour.‘
Mustaqim
They said: we serve idols and remain devoted to them.
Mustafa Khattab 2018
They replied, “We worship idols, to which we are fully devoted.”
Musharraf Hussain
They said, “We worship idols and remain devoted to them.”
MunirMezyed2023
They said: ‘We worship idols but we shall always be faithfully devoted to them’.
Munir Mezyed
They said: "We worship idols but we shall always be faithfully devoted to them.”
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They said, .We worship idols, and stay devoted to them
Muhammad Sarwar
when he asked his father and others, "What do you worship?"
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "We worship idols, so we linger on consecrating (ourselves) to them."
Muhammad Asad
They answered: We worship idols, and we remain ever devoted to them.”
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
They said: "We worship idols/statues so we continue/remain to it devoting/dedicating ."
Mohammad Shafi
They said, "We worship idols, and we bow down to them in devotion."
Mir Aneesuddin
They said, "We worship idols and we will remain sticking to them."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: We worship idols, so we shall remain devoted to them
Maududi
They answered: "There are some idols that we worship and are devoted to them with constancy."
Linda "iLham" Barto
They said, “We worship idols, and we remain loyal to them.”
John Medows Rodwell
They said, "We worship idols, and constant is our devotion to them."
Irving/Hegab
They said; "We worship idols, and are utterly devoted to them."
Hilali - Khan
They said: "We worship idols, and to them we are ever devoted."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They replied: 'We worship idols and continue cleaving to them.
Hamid S. Aziz
They said, "We worship idols, and we are devoted to them."
George Sale
They answered, we worship idols; and we constantly serve them all the day long
Fode Drame
They said, “We worship idols and we remain constant in devotion to them.”
Faridul Haque
They said, “We worship idols, and we keep squatting in seclusion before them.”
Edward Henry Palmer
They said, 'We serve idols, and we are still devoted to them
Dr. Munir Munshey
They said, "We worship idols. And our devotion to them is constant."
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
They said: ‘We worship idols and remain stuck to their (worship and care).
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: We worship idols. We will stay ones who give ourselves up to them.
Dr. Kamal Omar
They said: “We worship idols and we remain confined in retreat (to them).
Corpus.Quran
They said We worship idols so we will remain to them devoted
Bilal Muhammad 2018
They said, “We worship idols, and we remain constantly in attendance to them.
Bijan Moeinian
They replied: “We are totally devoted to these idols that we worship.”
Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “We serve idols, and we continue to be devoted to them.”
Arthur John Arberry
They said, 'We serve idols, and continue cleaving to them
Amatul Rahman Omar
`We worship idols and will remain constantly devoted to them,' said they
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.’
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´We worship idols and will continue to cling to them.´
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said, We worship idols, then we remain sitting devoted before them.
Ahmed Hulusi
They said, “We serve our idols; we are constantly engaged in them.”
Ahmed Ali
They replied: "We worship idols and are devoted to them."
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: we worship idols, and we are unto them ever devote
Abdul Hye
They said: “We worship idols, and we remain devoted to them.”
Abdel Haleem
They said, ‘We worship idols, and are constantly in attendance on them.’