Surah Al-A'raf 7:197 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 197 / 206 · Page 176
وَالَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَا أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ
Word by Word
وَالَّذِينَ
wa-alladhina
And those whom
تَدْعُونَ
tad'una
you invoke
مِن
min
from
دُونِهِ
dunihi
besides Him
لَا
la
not
يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
yastati'una
they are able
نَصْرَكُمْ
nasrakum
(to) help you
وَلَا
wala
and not
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
themselves
يَنصُرُونَ
yansuruna
can they help
Transliteration
Wallazeena tad'oona min doonihee laa yastatee'oona nasrakum wa laaa anfusahum yansuroon
Translation
And those you call upon besides Him are unable to help you, nor can they help themselves."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Those you call upon O idolators from amongst these idols, are not able to help you, and are not able to help themselves. For they are utterly incapable, unable to do anything. So how can you call upon them instead of calling upon Allah?
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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