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Yunus 106

Ayah 106 of 109 · Meccan

وَلَا تَدۡعُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكَ وَلَا يَضُرُّكَۖ فَإِن فَعَلۡتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذٗا مِّنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٠٦

And do not invoke1 besides Allāh that which neither benefits you nor harms you, for if you did, then indeed you would be of the wrongdoers.'"2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., worship.

2 See footnote to 10:95.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَدۡعُinvoketadʿu
  3. مِنbesides Allahmin
  4. دُونِbesides Allahdūni
  5. ٱللَّهِbesides Allahl-lahi
  6. مَاwhatmā
  7. لَا(will) notlā
  8. يَنفَعُكَbenefit youyanfaʿuka
  9. وَلَاand notwalā
  10. يَضُرُّكَۖharm youyaḍurruka
  11. فَإِنBut iffa-in
  12. فَعَلۡتَyou did sofaʿalta
  13. فَإِنَّكَindeed, youfa-innaka
  14. إِذٗاthen (will be)idhan
  15. مِّنَofmina
  16. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna

Tafsir

Do not worship, O Messenger, besides Allah, the idols and false gods that have no ability to benefit others, nor can they inflict harm on others. If you worship them, you will then be one of the wrongdoers who breaks Allah’s right and the right of their own souls.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran