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Al-Isra 56

Ayah 56 of 111 · Meccan

قُلِ ٱدۡعُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمۡتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَلَا يَمۡلِكُونَ كَشۡفَ ٱلضُّرِّ عَنكُمۡ وَلَا تَحۡوِيلًا ٥٦

Say, "Invoke those you have claimed [as gods] besides Him, for they do not possess the [ability for] removal of adversity from you or [for its] transfer [to someone else]."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلِSayquli
  2. ٱدۡعُواْCallid'ʿū
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whomalladhīna
  4. زَعَمۡتُمyou claimedzaʿamtum
  5. مِّنbesides Himmin
  6. دُونِهِۦbesides Himdūnihi
  7. فَلَا[then] notfalā
  8. يَمۡلِكُونَthey have poweryamlikūna
  9. كَشۡفَ(to) removekashfa
  10. ٱلضُّرِّthe misfortunesl-ḍuri
  11. عَنكُمۡfrom youʿankum
  12. وَلَاand notwalā
  13. تَحۡوِيلًا(to) transfer (it)taḥwīlan

Tafsir

Say - O Messenger, to these idolaters: O idolaters - call upon those you claim to be gods besides Allah when some harm befalls you. They will neither be able to remove the harm from you nor can they transfer it to someone else, due to their inability. Anything incapable cannot be a god

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran