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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 76of 120

قُلْ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّۭا وَلَا نَفْعًۭا ۚ وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ﴿٧٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "Do you worship besides Allah that which holds for you no [power of] harm or benefit while it is Allah who is the Hearing, the Knowing?"

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
أَتَعْبُدُونَataʿbudūnaDo you worship
مِنminfrom
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مَاwhat
لَاnot
يَمْلِكُyamlikuhas power
لَكُمْlakumto (cause) you
ضَرًّۭاḍarranany harm
وَلَاwalāand not
نَفْعًۭا ۚnafʿanany benefit
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuwhile Allah
هُوَhuwaHe
ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) the All-Hearing
ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knowing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Prohibition of Shirk (Polytheism) and Exaggeration in the ReligionAllah admonishes those who take up rivals with Him and worship the idols, monuments and false deities. Allah states that such false deities do not deserve any degree of Divinity.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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