# 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 211 - **Surah:** 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets) — سورة الشعراء - **Verse:** 211 / 227 · **Juz:** 19 · **Mushaf page:** 375 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-211 ## Arabic وَمَا يَنْبَغ۪ي لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَۜ ## Transcription Wama yanbaghee lahum wamayastateeAAoon ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley It does not befit them and they are not capable of it. ### Progressive Muslims Nor would they, nor could they. ### Shabbir Ahmed It is beyond their stature, nor is it in their power. ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation And it does not behove them, nor are they able. ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation Nor would they, nor could they. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament They neither would, nor could. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira They are not worthy of it, nor have they power. ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able. ### Muhammad Asad for, neither does it suit their ends, nor is it in their power [to impart it to man]: ### Marmaduke Pickthall It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power, ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary nor does it behove them,[1] nor does it lie in their power.[2] _Footnotes_ - [1] That is, even if the satans wanted they could not impart truth and goodness to the people like a true teacher and reformer as the Quran does. Even if to deceive the people, they came out under the guise of a benefactor, their work would not be tree from blemishes, which would betray their ignorance and their hidden satanic nature. Similarly the life and the teachings of a person who poses to be a religious guide, under the influence and inspiration of satans, would inevitably reflect the wickedness of intention and design. Thus the satans can neither inspire others with piety and goodness, nor can those, who have any relation with the satans, become pious and righteous themselves. Then in addition to its high and noble teachings, the Quran is a lucid and eloquent Book, which contains the knowledge of reality. That is why it has over and over again put forward the challenge that human beings and jinns would never be able to produce a book like the Quran even if they collaborated with all their energies and capacities. Declare this: Even if human beings and jinns should cooperate with one another to bring forth a book like the Quran, they will never be able to bring anything like it, even though all of them help one another (Surah Bani Israil, Ayat 88). - [2] Tell them: if what you say be true, then produce one Surah like this, and you may call to your assistance anyone you can other than Allah. (Surah Yunus, Ayat 38). ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab Nor is it befitting that they be employed by Allah in conveying His sacred message nor can they apply themselves to this purpose. ### Bijan Moeinian They neither would (because of their evil nature, ) nor could (because of their inability to understand the goodness. ) ### Al-Hilali & Khan Neither would it suit them, nor they can (produce it). ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali It would neither suit them nor would they be able (to produce it). ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran it is not for them ˹to do so˺, nor can they, ### Taqi Usmani It neither suits them, nor are they able to (do this). ### Abdul Haleem it is neither in their interests nor in their power, ### Arthur John Arberry it behoves them not, neither are they able. ### E. Henry Palmer it is not fit work for them; nor are they able to do it. ### Hamid S. Aziz No devils (or evil ones) brought down this revelation (the Quran); ### Mahmoud Ghali And in no way does it behoove them, And in no way are they able to do (that). ### George Sale It is not for their purpose, neither are they able to produce such a book; ### Syed Vickar Ahamed It would not befit them, and they would not be able (to produce it). ### Amatul Rahman Omar It does neither suit them nor have they the power (to reveal it). ### Ali Quli Qarai Neither does it behoove them, nor are they capable [of doing that]. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Zaten bu onların harcı değildir, buna güçleri de yetmez. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Onların işlevine uymaz! (Zaten) buna yetecek kuvvelere de sahip değillerdir! ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Bu, onlara yaraşmaz ve güç de yetiremezler. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Bu, ne onlara düşer, ne de ona güç yetirebilirler. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Bu onlara hem yaraşmaz hem güçleri yetmez? ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) bu onlara hem yaraşmaz, hem güçleri yetmez. ### Gültekin Onan Bu, onlara yaraşmaz ve güç de yetiremezler. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Bu, onlara hem yakışmaz, hem onlar (buna esasen) güc yetiremezler. ### İbni Kesir Bu, onlara düşmez de, buna güçleri de yetmez. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı çünkü bu onların harcı değildir; zaten, buna güçleri de yetmez. ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Bu onlara düşmez, buna güçleri de yetmez. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Bu, onlara yaraşmaz ve zaten yapamazlar da. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Onlara yaraşmaz, zaten güçleri de yetmez. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Zira bu hem onların ağzının işi değildir, hem de buna güçleri yetmez: ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Bu onların harcı değil, hem buna güçleri de yetmez. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Bu, onlara yakışmaz; zaten güçleri de yetmez. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Bu onların yapabileceği bir iş değildir; buna güçleri de yetmez. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir (210, 211) Onu (Kur'an'ı) şeytanlar indirmemiştir; bu onlara yaraşmaz; zaten (buna) güçleri de yetmez. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Bu onların harcı değil, hem buna güçleri de yetmez. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Bu onların harcı değil, hem buna güçleri de yetmez. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Zaten bu, onların yapabileceği bir iş değildir; buna güçleri de yetmez; ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | وَمَا — wamā | And not | — | | 2 | يَنۢبَغِى — yanbaghī | (it) suits | بغي — Be-Gayn-Ye | | 3 | لَهُمْ — lahum | [for] them | — | | 4 | وَمَا — wamā | and not | — | | 5 | يَسْتَطِيعُونَ — yastaṭīʿūna | they are able | طوع — Ta-Vav-Ayn | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-210.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-212.md Retrieved: 2026-08-05 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.