Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 20 (16:20)

ٱلنَّحْل

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَئًْا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ

Quran 16:20 is ayah 20 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 269 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:20
وَٱلَّذِينَيَدْعُونَمِندُونِٱللَّهِلَايَخْلُقُونَشَئًْاوَهُمْيُخْلَقُونَ٢٠
wa-alladhīna yadʿūna min dūni l-lahi lā yakhluqūna shayan wahum yukh'laqūna

And those they invoke other than Allāh create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.(20)

Word by word

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whom
  2. يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invoke
  3. مِنminbesides
  4. دُونِdūnibesides
  5. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  6. لَاlānot
  7. يَخْلُقُونَyakhluqūnathey create
  8. شَئًْاshayananything
  9. وَهُمْwahumbut (are) themselves
  10. يُخْلَقُونَyukh'laqūnacreated

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