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اذ قال لابيه يا ابت لم تعبد ما لا يسمع ولا يبصر ولا يغني عنك شييا ٤٢
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًۭٔا ٤٢
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˹Remember˺ when he said to his father, “O dear father! Why do you worship what can neither hear nor see, nor benefit you at all?
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يابت
Readers
Abū Jaʿfar
Madinah
Ibn ʿĀmir
Damascus
Nāfiʿ
Madinah
Ḥamzah
Kufah
Ibn Kathīr
Makkah
Khalaf
Kufah
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Basrah
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Kufah
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Basrah
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Kufah
Readings
يَا أَبَتِ
yā abati
يَا أَبَتَ
yā abata
“O my father”

Explanation

These readings reflect linguistic options for this vocative with attached pronoun, and are identical in meaning.

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran