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Al-Ahqaf 5

Ayah 5 of 35 · Meccan

وَمَنۡ أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدۡعُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَن لَّا يَسۡتَجِيبُ لَهُۥٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ وَهُمۡ عَن دُعَآئِهِمۡ غَٰفِلُونَ ٥

And who is more astray than he who invokes besides Allāh those who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection [i.e., never], and they, of their invocation, are unaware.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَنۡAnd whowaman
  2. أَضَلُّ(is) more astrayaḍallu
  3. مِمَّنthan (he) whomimman
  4. يَدۡعُواْcallsyadʿū
  5. مِنbesidesmin
  6. دُونِbesidesdūni
  7. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  8. مَنwhoman
  9. لَّاwill not respondlā
  10. يَسۡتَجِيبُwill not respondyastajību
  11. لَهُۥٓto himlahu
  12. إِلَىٰuntililā
  13. يَوۡمِ(the) Dayyawmi
  14. ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ(of) Resurrectionl-qiyāmati
  15. وَهُمۡand theywahum
  16. عَنofʿan
  17. دُعَآئِهِمۡtheir callsduʿāihim
  18. غَٰفِلُونَ(are) unawareghāfilūna

Tafsir

And there is nobody more misguided than the one who worships an idol besides Allah which cannot respond to his call until the day of judgment. And these idols which they worship besides Allah are unaware of their slaves calling upon them, because they are inanimate and cannot hear, see or understand.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran