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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 56of 111

قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ ٱلضُّرِّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًا﴿٥٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "Invoke those you have claimed [as gods] besides Him, for they do not possess the [ability for] removal of adversity from you or [for its] transfer [to someone else]."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلِquliSay
ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūCall
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
زَعَمْتُمzaʿamtumyou claimed
مِّنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
فَلَاfalā[then] not
يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey have power
كَشْفَkashfa(to) remove
ٱلضُّرِّl-ḍurithe misfortunes
عَنكُمْʿankumfrom you
وَلَاwalāand not
تَحْوِيلًاtaḥwīlan(to) transfer (it)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The gods of the Idolators can neither benefit nor harm; rather they themselves seek to draw close to AllahAllah says:قُلْ(Say) O Muhammad to these idolators who worship things other than Allah,ادْعُواْ الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِ(Call upon those - besides Him whom you pretend.) such as idols and rivals of Allah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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