Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“Will you call to Baal and leave the best of creators:

اَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلاً وَتَذَرُونَ اَحْسَنَ الْخَالِق۪ينَۙ
AtadAAoona baAAlan watatharoona ahsanaalkhaliqeen
#wordmeaningroot
1atadʿūnaDo you callدعو
2baʿlanBaalبعل
3watadharūnaand you forsakeوذر
4aḥsana(the) Bestحسن
5l-khāliqīna(of) Creators خلق
  • Aisha Bewley

    Do you call on Baal and abandon the Best of Creators?

  • Progressive Muslims

    "Would you call on Ba'al and forsake the best Creator"

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    You call upon Ba'l, and disregard the Best of creators,

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    “Will you call to Baal and leave the best of creators:

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    "Would you call on Ba'al and forsake the best Creator?"

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    "Would you call on Baal and forsake the best Creator?"

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    "Do you worship a statue, instead of the Supreme Creator?

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Would you call on Baal and leave the best of creators,

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Do you call upon Ba'l and leave the best of creators -

  • Muhammad Asad

    Will you invoke Baal and forsake the best of artisans -

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Will ye cry unto Baal and forsake the Best of creators,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Do you call upon Baal* and forsake the Best of the Creators?

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    "Do you invoke the idol Ba'l (Baal), he asked, "and neglect the Supreme Creator!"

  • Bijan Moeinian

    He said: "How do you dare to worship an idol known as Ba’al instead of the Supreme Creator?"

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    "Will you call upon Ba‘l (a well known idol of his nation whom they used to worship) and forsake the Best of creators,

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    "Will ye call upon Baal and forsake the Best of Creators,-

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Do you call upon ˹the idol of˺ Ba’l and abandon the Best of Creators—

  • Taqi Usmani

    Do you invoke Ba‘l, and ignore the Best of the creators,

  • Abdul Haleem

    How can you invoke Baal and forsake the Most Gracious Creator,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Do you call on Baal, and abandon the Best of creators?

  • E. Henry Palmer

    do ye call upon Baal and leave the best of Creators,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    "What! Do you call upon Baal and forsake the best of Creators,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Do you invoke Bacl, and leave out The Fairest of creators,

  • George Sale

    Do ye invoke Baal, and forsake the most excellent creator?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    "Will you call upon the false god (Baal) and give up the Best of Creators—

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `Do you call upon Ba`l (- the sun-god), and forsake the Best Creator,

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Do you invoke Baal and abandon the best of creators,