These are only names which you and your fathers have invented. No authority was sent down by God for them. They only follow conjecture and wish-fulfilment, even though guidance had come to them already from their Lord.
Shakir
They are naught but names which you have named, you and your fathers; Allah has not sent for them any authority. They follow naught but conjecture and the low desires which (their) souls incline to; and certainly the guidance has come to them from their Lord.
Ahmed Raza Khan
وہ تو نہیں مگر کچھ نام کہ تم نے اور تمہارے باپ دادا نے رکھ لیے ہیں (ف۲۴) اللہ نے ان کی کوئی سند نہیں اتاری، وہ تو نرے گمان اور نفس کی خواہشوں کے پیچھے ہیں (ف۲۵) حالانکہ بیشک ان کے پاس ان کے رب کی طرف سے ہدایت آئی (ف۲۶)
Many as the angels be in heaven their intercession will not avail in the least without God´s permission for whomsoever He please and approve.
Shakir
And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession does not avail at all except after Allah has given permission to whom He pleases and chooses.
Ahmed Raza Khan
اور کتنے ہی فرشتے ہیں آسمانوں میں کہ ان کی سفارش کچھ کام نہیں آتی مگر جبکہ اللہ اجازت دے دے جس کے لیے چاہے اور پسند فرمائے (ف۲۹)
To God belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, that He may requite those who do evil, in accordance with their deeds, and those who do good with good.
Shakir
And Allah´s is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and (that) He may reward those who do good with goodness.
Ahmed Raza Khan
اور اللہ ہی کا ہے جو کچھ آسمانوں میں ہے اور جو کچھ زمین میں تاکہ برائی کرنے والوں کو ان کے کیے کا بدلہ دے اور نیکی کرنے والوں کو نہایت اچھا صلہ عطا فرمائے،
As for those who avoid the greater sins and shameful acts, except minor trespasses, your Lord´s forgiveness surely has great amplitude. He is fully knowledgeable of you as He produced you from the earth, and since you were a foetus in your mother´s womb. So do not assert your goodness; he is better who takes heed and preserves himself.
Shakir
Those who keep aloof from the great sins and the indecencies but the passing idea; surely your Lord is liberal in forgiving. He knows you best when He brings you forth from the earth and when you are embryos in the wombs of your mothers; therefore do not attribute purity to your souls; He knows him best who guards (against evil).
Ahmed Raza Khan
وہ جو بڑے گناہوں اور بے حیائیوں سے بچتے ہیں (ف۳۶) مگر اتنا کہ گناہ کے پاس گئے اور رک گئے (ف۳۷) بیشک تمہارے رب کی مغفرت وسیع ہے، وہ تمہیں خوب جانتا ہے (ف۳۸) تمہیں مٹی سے پیدا کیا اور جب تم اپنی ماؤں کے پیٹ میں حمل تھے، تو آپ اپنی جانوں کو ستھرا نہ بتاؤ (ف۳۹) وہ خوب جانتا ہے جو پرہیزگار ہیں (ف۴۰)