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Maryam 42

Ayah 42 of 98 · Meccan

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعۡبُدُ مَا لَا يَسۡمَعُ وَلَا يُبۡصِرُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي عَنكَ شَيۡـٔٗا ٤٢

[Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِذۡWhenidh
  2. قَالَhe saidqāla
  3. لِأَبِيهِto his fatherli-abīhi
  4. يَٰٓأَبَتِO my fatheryāabati
  5. لِمَWhylima
  6. تَعۡبُدُ(do) you worshiptaʿbudu
  7. مَاthat whichmā
  8. لَاnotlā
  9. يَسۡمَعُhearsyasmaʿu
  10. وَلَاand notwalā
  11. يُبۡصِرُseesyub'ṣiru
  12. وَلَاand notwalā
  13. يُغۡنِيbenefitsyugh'nī
  14. عَنكَ[to] youʿanka
  15. شَيۡـٔٗا(in) anythingshayan

Tafsir

When he said to his father Azar: “O father, why do you worship besides Allah an idol which does not hear your supplication if you supplicate it, does not see your worship when you worship it, does not remove harm from you and does not bring any benefit to you?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran