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.
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يَدۡعُواْ He calls yadʿū مِن besides min دُونِ besides dūni ٱللَّهِ Allah l-lahi مَا what mā لَا not lā يَضُرُّهُۥ harms him yaḍurruhu وَمَا and what wamā لَا not lā يَنفَعُهُۥۚ benefits him yanfaʿuhu ذَٰلِكَ That dhālika هُوَ [it] huwa ٱلضَّلَٰلُ (is) the straying l-ḍalālu ٱلۡبَعِيدُ far away l-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
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