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A. J. Arberry

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19 Maryam مَرْيَم

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
19:42 إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًٔا
19:42
A. J. Arberry (English) :
When he said to his father, 'Father, why worshippest thou that which neither hears nor sees, nor avails thee anything?