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Al-Hajj 71

Ayah 71 of 78 · Medinan

وَيَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَمۡ يُنَزِّلۡ بِهِۦ سُلۡطَٰنٗا وَمَا لَيۡسَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞۗ وَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٖ ٧١

And they worship besides Allāh that for which He has not sent down authority and that of which they have no knowledge. And there will not be for the wrongdoers any helper.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَيَعۡبُدُونَAnd they worshipwayaʿbudūna
  2. مِنbesides Allahmin
  3. دُونِbesides Allahdūni
  4. ٱللَّهِbesides Allahl-lahi
  5. مَاwhatmā
  6. لَمۡnotlam
  7. يُنَزِّلۡHe (has) sent downyunazzil
  8. بِهِۦfor itbihi
  9. سُلۡطَٰنٗاany authoritysul'ṭānan
  10. وَمَاand whatwamā
  11. لَيۡسَnotlaysa
  12. لَهُمthey havelahum
  13. بِهِۦof itbihi
  14. عِلۡمٞۗany knowledgeʿil'mun
  15. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  16. لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ(will be) for the wrongdoerslilẓẓālimīna
  17. مِنanymin
  18. نَّصِيرٖhelpernaṣīrin

Tafsir

The idolaters worship idols instead of Allah; idols which Allah did not reveal any proof of their worship being acceptable in His books. Neither do they have any proof of their own knowledge; their only object of reliance for that is blind following of their forefathers. The wrongdoers will have no helper that will protect them from the punishment of Allah that will fall upon them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran