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An-Nahl 73

Ayah 73 of 128 · Meccan

وَيَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمۡلِكُ لَهُمۡ رِزۡقٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ٧٣

And they worship besides Allāh that which does not possess for them [the power of] provision from the heavens and the earth at all, and [in fact], they are unable.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَيَعۡبُدُونَAnd they worshipwayaʿbudūna
  2. مِنother thanmin
  3. دُونِother thandūni
  4. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  5. مَاwhichmā
  6. لَاnotlā
  7. يَمۡلِكُpossessesyamliku
  8. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  9. رِزۡقٗاany provisionriz'qan
  10. مِّنَfrommina
  11. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  12. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِand the earthwal-arḍi
  13. شَيۡـٔٗا[anything]shayan
  14. وَلَاand notwalā
  15. يَسۡتَطِيعُونَthey are ableyastaṭīʿūna

Tafsir

These idolaters worship, besides Allah, idols who have no power to provide them with any provision from the heavens or the earth and they will never be able to do so because they are inanimate objects that have no life or knowledge.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran