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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 197of 206

وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ﴿١٩٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And those you call upon besides Him are unable to help you, nor can they help themselves."

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whom
تَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou invoke
مِنminfrom
دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
لَاnot
يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are able
نَصْرَكُمْnaṣrakum(to) help you
وَلَآwalāand not
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
يَنصُرُونَyanṣurūnacan they help

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Idols do not create, help, or have Power over Anything Allah admonishes the idolators who worshipped idols, rivals and images besides Him, although these objects were created by Allah, and neither own anything nor can they bring harm or benefit. These objects do not see or give aid to those who worship them. They are inanimate objects that neither move, hear, or see. Those who worship these objects are better than they are, for they hear see and have strength of their own.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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