Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
In His stead, they invoke only lifeless symbols - thus invoking none but a rebellious Sata
Arthur John Arberry
In stead of Him, they pray not except to female beings; they pray not except to a rebel Satan accursed by God
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(The Pagans), leaving Him, call but upon female deities: They call but upon satan the persistent rebel
Arabic
إِن یَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦۤ إِلَّاۤ إِنَـٰثࣰا وَإِن یَدۡعُونَ إِلَّا شَیۡطَـٰنࣰا مَّرِیدࣰا ١١٧
Transliteration (2021)
in yadʿūna min dūnihi illā ināthan wa-in yadʿūna illā shayṭānan marīda