وَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمۡ نَصۡرٗا وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَنصُرُونَ ١٩٢
And they [i.e., the false deities] are unable to [give] them help, nor can they help themselves.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَلَاAnd notwalā
- يَسۡتَطِيعُونَthey are ableyastaṭīʿūna
- لَهُمۡto (give) themlahum
- نَصۡرٗاany helpnaṣran
- وَلَآand notwalā
- أَنفُسَهُمۡthemselvesanfusahum
- يَنصُرُونَcan they helpyanṣurūna
Tafsir
These things that are worshipped instead of Allah cannot help those who worship them, and cannot even help themselves, so worshipping them is clearly foolish and ignorant.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran