Surah Al-A'raf 7:191 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 191 / 206 · Page 175

أَيُشْرِكُونَ مَا لَا يَخْلُقُ شَيْئًا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ

Word by Word

أَيُشْرِكُونَ
ayush'rikuna
Do they associate
مَا
ma
what
لَا
la
(can)not
يَخْلُقُ
yakhluqu
create
شَيْئًا
shayan
anything
وَهُمْ
wahum
and they
يُخْلَقُونَ
yukh'laquna
are created

Transliteration

A yushrikoona maa laa yakhluqu shai'anw wa hum yukhlaqoon

Translation

Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they are [themselves] created?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Do they consider these idols and other things to be partners with Allah being worthy of worship, when they know that these idols create nothing. Rather, they were created themselves, so how can they consider them to be partners with Allah in divinity?

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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