An-Nisa Verse 117

Instead of Allah, they only invoke female gods[[ The pagans of Arabia used to shape their idols as females and give them feminine names such as Al-Lât, Al-’Uzza, and Manât.]] and they ˹actually˺ invoke none but a rebellious Satan—

They call upon none besides Him except female [idols]; they call upon none but a rebellious Satan

In stead of Him, they pray not except to female beings; they pray not except to a rebel Satan accursed by God.

In His place the idolaters invoke only females, and Satan, the rebel

They invoke beside Him but females, and they invoke not but a Satan rebellious.

(The Pagans), leaving Him, call but upon female deities; They call but upon satan the persistent rebel!

Rather than call upon Him, they call upon goddesses, and call upon a rebellious Satan

In His place they invoke only females (the pagan deities); and instead of Him they invoke Satan the obstinate rebel

The polytheists do not worship Allah, except some females; and they do not worship anyone except the rebellious Satan.

They invoke none but females besides Him, and invoke none but a froward Satan,

In His stead, they invoke female deities – (in so doing) they in fact invoke none but a haughty, rebellious Satan,

Whatever they (- the polytheists) call on besides Him are none but lifeless objects (and false deities). Infact, they call on none but satan, the rebellious,

That they call from other than Him except females, and that they call except a rebellious/evil devil

The polytheists do not worship Allah, except some females; and they do not worship anyone except the rebellious Satan.

Verily, they (Pagans) call on females deities instead of Him; but they call only on Satan, the rebellious

They (all those who worship others than Allah) invoke nothing but female deities besides Him (Allah), and they invoke nothing but Shaitan (Satan), a persistent rebel!

Surely Allah forgives not setting up partners with Him, and He forgives all besides this to whom He pleases. And whoever sets up a partner with Allah, he indeed goes far astray.

They do not call besides Him on anything but idols, and they do not call on anything but a rebellious Shaitan.

They invoke in His stead only females; they pray to none else than Satan, a rebel

They (the pagans) only worship idols and Satan, the persistent rebel.

Instead of Him they supplicate to none but females, and indeed they supplicate to none except the rebellious satan,

They invoke nothing but female deities besides Him (Allah), and they invoke nothing but Shaytan, a persistent rebel!

They [the polytheists] call upon female deities, and they invoke none but Satan, the rebellious one,

They invoke in His stead only females. In fact, they invoke none but a rebellious devil.

What (in, is [to be understand as] m, `only') they pray to, [what] the idolaters worship, instead of Him, God, that is, other than Him, are but females, idols with feminine names, such as al-Lt, al-`Uzza and Mant; and they (in, is [to be understand as] m, `only') only pray to, they [only] worship, by worshipping [these female idols], a rebellious satan, one who has rebelled against obedience [to God], for they are obeying him in this [worship of female idols].

إِن يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ إِلاَّ إِنَاثًا

They invoke nothing but female deities besides Him (Allah),

Juwaybir said that Ad-Dahhak said about Allah's statement,

"The idolators claimed that the angels are Allah's daughters, saying, `We only worship them so that they bring us closer to Allah.'

So they took the angels as gods, made the shapes of girls and decided, `These (idols) resemble the daughters of Allah (i.e., the angels), Whom we worship."'

This is similar to Allah's statements,

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ اللَّـتَ وَالْعُزَّى

Have you then considered Al-Latand Al-`Uzza! (53;19)

وَجَعَلُواْ الْمَلَـيِكَةَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عِبَادُ الرَّحْمَـنِ إِنَـثاً

And they make the angels who themselves are servants of the Most Gracious (Allah) females. (43;19)

and,

وَجَعَلُواْ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجِنَّةِ نَسَباً

And they have invented a kinship between Him and the Jinn. (37;158)

Allah's statement,

وَإِن يَدْعُونَ إِلاَّ شَيْطَانًا مَّرِيدًا



and they invoke nothing but Shaytan, a persistent rebel!

means, Shaytan has commanded them to do this and made it seem fair and beautiful in their eyes. Consequently, they are worshipping Shaytan in reality, just as Allah said in another Ayah,

أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يبَنِى ءَادَمَ أَن لاَّ تَعْبُدُواْ الشَّيطَـنَ

Did I not command you, O Children of Adam, that you should not worship Shaytan. (36;60)

Allah said that, on the Day of Resurrection, the angels shall proclaim about the idolators who worshipped them in this life;

بَلْ كَانُواْ يَعْبُدُونَ الْجِنَّ أَكْـثَرُهُم بِهِم مُّوْمِنُونَ

Nay, but they used to worship the Jinn; most of them were believers in them. (34;41)

Allah's statement

They simply pay reverence and veneration to idols designated by female appellations -goddesses- and invoke them besides Allah. It is a visible manifestation of Al-Shaytan and an attribute they wear chiefly by his instrumentality. In fact they invoke and reverence none but the Devil who is evil personified