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Fatir 40

Ayah 40 of 45 · Meccan

قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ شُرَكَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شِرۡكٞ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ أَمۡ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ كِتَٰبٗا فَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَتٖ مِّنۡهُۚ بَلۡ إِن يَعِدُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ بَعۡضُهُم بَعۡضًا إِلَّا غُرُورًا ٤٠

Say, "Have you considered1 your 'partners' whom you invoke besides Allāh? Show me what they have created from the earth, or have they partnership [with Him] in the heavens? Or have We given them a book so they are [standing] on evidence therefrom? [No], rather, the wrongdoers do not promise each other except delusion."2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Understood to mean "Tell me about..."

2 By telling their followers that the so-called deities will intercede for them with Allāh.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. أَرَءَيۡتُمۡHave you seenara-aytum
  3. شُرَكَآءَكُمُyour partnersshurakāakumu
  4. ٱلَّذِينَthose whomalladhīna
  5. تَدۡعُونَyou calltadʿūna
  6. مِنbesidesmin
  7. دُونِbesidesdūni
  8. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  9. أَرُونِيShow Mearūnī
  10. مَاذَاwhatmādhā
  11. خَلَقُواْthey have createdkhalaqū
  12. مِنَfrommina
  13. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  14. أَمۡoram
  15. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  16. شِرۡكٞ(is) a shareshir'kun
  17. فِيinfī
  18. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  19. أَمۡOram
  20. ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡhave We given themātaynāhum
  21. كِتَٰبٗاa Bookkitāban
  22. فَهُمۡso theyfahum
  23. عَلَىٰ(are) onʿalā
  24. بَيِّنَتٖa clear proofbayyinatin
  25. مِّنۡهُۚtherefrommin'hu
  26. بَلۡNaybal
  27. إِنnotin
  28. يَعِدُpromiseyaʿidu
  29. ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimūna
  30. بَعۡضُهُمsome of thembaʿḍuhum
  31. بَعۡضًا(to) othersbaʿḍan
  32. إِلَّاexceptillā
  33. غُرُورًاdelusionghurūran

Tafsir

Say - O Messenger, to these idolaters: Tell me about those partners of yours that you worship instead of Allah, what have they created on earth. Did they create its mountains? Did they create its rivers? Did they create its animals? Or do they have any share with Allah in the creation of the heavens? Or have I given them a book in which there is proof of the validity of their worshipping their idols? Nothing of that is true. In fact, those who wrong themselves by disbelief and sins promise one another nothing but delusion.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran