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Al-Furqan 55

Ayah 55 of 77 · Meccan

وَيَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمۡ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمۡۗ وَكَانَ ٱلۡكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرٗا ٥٥

But they worship rather than Allāh that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَيَعۡبُدُونَBut they worshipwayaʿbudūna
  2. مِنbesides Allahmin
  3. دُونِbesides Allahdūni
  4. ٱللَّهِbesides Allahl-lahi
  5. مَاwhatmā
  6. لَاnot profits themlā
  7. يَنفَعُهُمۡnot profits themyanfaʿuhum
  8. وَلَاand notwalā
  9. يَضُرُّهُمۡۗharms themyaḍurruhum
  10. وَكَانَand iswakāna
  11. ٱلۡكَافِرُthe disbelieverl-kāfiru
  12. عَلَىٰagainstʿalā
  13. رَبِّهِۦhis Lordrabbihi
  14. ظَهِيرٗاa helperẓahīran

Tafsir

Yet instead of Allah, the disbelievers worship idols that can neither benefit them, if they follow them, nor harm them, if they go against them. The disbeliever has always followed Satan in that which angers Allah, may He be glorified.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran