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Az-Zumar (The Troops)

Verse 36of 75

أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِكَافٍ عَبْدَهُۥ ۖ وَيُخَوِّفُونَكَ بِٱلَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْ هَادٍۢ﴿٣٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Is not Allah sufficient for His Servant [Prophet Muhammad]? And [yet], they threaten you with those [they worship] other than Him. And whoever Allah leaves astray - for him there is no guide.

Word-by-word meaning

أَلَيْسَalaysaIs not
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِكَافٍbikāfinsufficient
عَبْدَهُۥ ۖʿabdahu(for) His slave
وَيُخَوِّفُونَكَwayukhawwifūnakaAnd they threaten you
بِٱلَّذِينَbi-alladhīnawith those
مِنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦ ۚdūnihibesides Him
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يُضْلِلِyuḍ'liliAllah lets go astray
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah lets go astray
فَمَاfamāthen not
لَهُۥlahufor him
مِنْminany
هَادٍۢhādinguide

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah is Sufficient for His Servant Allah saysأَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِكَافٍ عَبْدَهُ(Is not Allah Sufficient for His servant) Some of them read it "His servants." It means that Allah is Sufficient for the one who worships Him and relies upon Him.وَيُخَوِّفُونَكَ بِالَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِ(Yet they try to frighten you with those besides Him!) means, the idolators tried to scare the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with their idols and gods which they called upon besides Allah out of ignorance and misguidance.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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