19:42 idh qaala li abiyhi yaa abati lima ta'Åbudu maa laa yasma'U wa laa yubSiru wa laa yugniy 'Anka shay'aa

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
When he said to his father, * "O my father - why do you worship one which neither hears nor sees, and cannot benefit you in any way?" (* His uncle Azar.)

Yusuf Ali:
Behold, he said to his father: "O my father! why worship that which heareth not and seeth not, and can profit thee nothing?

Pickthal:
When he said unto his father: O my father! Why worshippest thou that which heareth not nor seeth, nor can in aught avail thee?