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An-Nisa 117

Ayah 117 of 176 · Medinan

إِن يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ إِنَٰثٗا وَإِن يَدۡعُونَ إِلَّا شَيۡطَٰنٗا مَّرِيدٗا ١١٧

They call upon instead of Him none but female [deities], and they [actually] call upon none but a rebellious Satan,

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنNotin
  2. يَدۡعُونَthey invokeyadʿūna
  3. مِنfrommin
  4. دُونِهِۦٓbesides Himdūnihi
  5. إِلَّآbutillā
  6. إِنَٰثٗاfemale (deities)ināthan
  7. وَإِنand notwa-in
  8. يَدۡعُونَthey invokeyadʿūna
  9. إِلَّاexceptillā
  10. شَيۡطَٰنٗاShaitaan shayṭānan
  11. مَّرِيدٗاrebelliousmarīdan

Tafsir

Instead of Allah, the idolators in Makkah worship female idols which were named with feminine names, such as al-Lāt and al-‘Uzzā, which can neither benefit nor harm anyone. In reality, they only worship Satan, who rebelled and sinned against his Lord, as he is the one who instructed them to worship the idols.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran