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Al-Hajj 12

Ayah 12 of 78 · Medinan

يَدۡعُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ ٱلۡبَعِيدُ ١٢

He invokes instead of Allāh that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَدۡعُواْHe callsyadʿū
  2. مِنbesidesmin
  3. دُونِbesidesdūni
  4. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  5. مَاwhatmā
  6. لَاnotlā
  7. يَضُرُّهُۥharms himyaḍurruhu
  8. وَمَاand whatwamā
  9. لَاnotlā
  10. يَنفَعُهُۥۚbenefits himyanfaʿuhu
  11. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  12. هُوَ[it]huwa
  13. ٱلضَّلَٰلُ(is) the strayingl-ḍalālu
  14. ٱلۡبَعِيدُfar awayl-baʿīdu

Tafsir

He worships besides Allah idols which cannot harm him if he disobeys them, nor can they benefit him if he obeys them. That calling upon idols which can neither harm nor benefit is the misguidance far from the truth.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran