Surah Maryam Ayat 42 (19:42) with Urdu & English Translation

Ayat 42 of Surah Maryam (مريم), the 19th surah of the Holy Qur'an, which has 98 verses and was revealed in Makkah. Read this verse below in Arabic with Roman transliteration, English translation (Saheeh International) and Urdu translation (Fateh Muhammad Jalandhry), and listen to the recitation by Mishary Rashid Alafasy.

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًۭٔا ﴿42﴾

Iz qaala li abeehi yaaa abati lima ta'budu maa laa yasma'u wa laa yubsiru wa laa yughnee 'anka shai'aa

19:42. [Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?

جب انہوں نے اپنے باپ سے کہا کہ ابّا آپ ایسی چیزوں کو کیوں پوجتے ہیں جو نہ سنیں اور نہ دیکھیں اور نہ آپ کے کچھ کام آسکیں

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Arabic text: Tanzil Project (Uthmani script). English translation: Saheeh International. Urdu translation: Fateh Muhammad Jalandhry. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy.

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