Chapter 12: Joseph (Yousuf)

Verse No	Pickthall	Shakir	Yusuf Ali	Arabic
12:40	Those whom ye worship beside Him are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers. Allah hath revealed no sanction for them. The decision rests with Allah only, Who hath commanded you that ye worship none save Him. This is the right religion, but most men know not.	You do not serve besides Him but names which you have named, you and your fathers; Allah has not sent down any authority for them; judgment is only Allah's; He has commanded that you shall not serve aught but Him; this is the right religion but most people do not know:	"If not Him, ye worship nothing but names which ye have named,- ye and your fathers,- for which God hath sent down no authority: the command is for none but God: He hath commanded that ye worship none but Him: that is the right religion, but most men understand not...	مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ اِلَّا اسْمَاءً سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا انْتُمْ وَءابَاؤُكُمْ مَا انزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطَنٍ اِنْ الْحُكْمُ اِلَّا لِلَّهِ امَرَ الَّا تَعْبُدُوا اِلَّا اِيَّاهُ ذَلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَكِنَّ اكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ