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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 66of 112

قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ﴿٦٦

Translation (Sahih International)

He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allah that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
أَفَتَعْبُدُونَafataʿbudūnaThen do you worship
مِنminbesides
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مَاwhat
لَا(does) not
يَنفَعُكُمْyanfaʿukumbenefit you
شَيْـًۭٔاshayan(in) anything
وَلَاwalāand not
يَضُرُّكُمْyaḍurrukumharms you

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The People's admission of their gods' incapability, and Ibrahim's preachingAllah tells us that when Ibrahim said what he said, his peopleفَرَجَعُواْ إِلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ(turned to themselves) meaning, they blamed themselves for not taking precautions and protecting their gods. They said:إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ الظَّـلِمُونَ(Verily, you are the wrongdoers) i.e., because you neglected them and did not guard them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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