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Verse 42of 54

فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا يَمْلِكُ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍۢ نَّفْعًۭا وَلَا ضَرًّۭا وَنَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ﴿٤٢

Translation (Sahih International)

But today you do not hold for one another [the power of] benefit or harm, and We will say to those who wronged, "Taste the punishment of the Fire, which you used to deny."

Word-by-word meaning

فَٱلْيَوْمَfal-yawmaBut today
لَاnot
يَمْلِكُyamlikupossess power
بَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukumsome of you
لِبَعْضٍۢlibaʿḍinon others
نَّفْعًۭاnafʿanto benefit
وَلَاwalāand not
ضَرًّۭاḍarranto harm
وَنَقُولُwanaqūluand We will say
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those
ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwho wronged
ذُوقُوا۟dhūqūTaste
عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
ٱلنَّارِl-nāri(of) the Fire
ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
كُنتُمkuntumyou used
بِهَاbihāto [it]
تُكَذِّبُونَtukadhibūnadeny

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Angels will disown Their Worshippers on the Day of ResurrectionAllah tells us that on the Day of Resurrection, He will rebuke the idolators before all of creation. He will ask the angels whom the idolators used to worship, claiming that their idols were in the form of these angels and that they could bring them nearer to Allah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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