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Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

Verse 71of 78

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِۦ سُلْطَٰنًۭا وَمَا لَيْسَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عِلْمٌۭ ۗ وَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٍۢ﴿٧١

Translation (Sahih International)

And they worship besides Allah that for which He has not sent down authority and that of which they have no knowledge. And there will not be for the wrongdoers any helper.

Word-by-word meaning

وَيَعْبُدُونَwayaʿbudūnaAnd they worship
مِنminbesides Allah
دُونِdūnibesides Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahibesides Allah
مَاwhat
لَمْlamnot
يُنَزِّلْyunazzilHe (has) sent down
بِهِۦbihifor it
سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānanany authority
وَمَاwamāand what
لَيْسَlaysanot
لَهُمlahumthey have
بِهِۦbihiof it
عِلْمٌۭ ۗʿil'munany knowledge
وَمَاwamāAnd not
لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīna(will be) for the wrongdoers
مِنminany
نَّصِيرٍۢnaṣīrinhelper

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Idolators' worship of others besides Allah and Their vehement rejection of the Ayat of AllahAllah tells us that the idolators, in their ignorance and disbelief, worship besides Allah others which He has sent down no authority for, i.e., no proof or evidence for such behavior.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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