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Ya-Sin 23

Ayah 23 of 83 · Meccan

ءَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً إِن يُرِدۡنِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ بِضُرّٖ لَّا تُغۡنِ عَنِّي شَفَٰعَتُهُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ ٢٣

Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ءَأَتَّخِذُShould I takea-attakhidhu
  2. مِنbesides Himmin
  3. دُونِهِۦٓbesides Himdūnihi
  4. ءَالِهَةًgodsālihatan
  5. إِنIfin
  6. يُرِدۡنِintends for meyurid'ni
  7. ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُthe Most Graciousl-raḥmānu
  8. بِضُرّٖany harmbiḍurrin
  9. لَّاnotlā
  10. تُغۡنِwill availtugh'ni
  11. عَنِّي[from] meʿannī
  12. شَفَٰعَتُهُمۡtheir intercessionshafāʿatuhum
  13. شَيۡـٔٗا(in) anythingshayan
  14. وَلَاand notwalā
  15. يُنقِذُونِthey (can) save meyunqidhūni

Tafsir

Shall I take other deities to be wrongly worshipped instead of Allah Who created me? If the Merciful intends harm for me, the intercession of these other deities will not avail me at all, nor will they be able to save me from the harm that Allah intended for me if I die as a disbeliever.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran