Surah Al-Hajj 22:12 — translation and meaning
الحج · Verse 12 / 78 · Page 333
ۚ يَدْعُو مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُ ذَلِكَ هُوَ الضَّلَالُ الْبَعِيدُ
Word by Word
ۚ
يَدْعُو
yad'u
He calls
مِن
min
besides
دُونِ
duni
besides
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
مَا
ma
what
لَا
la
not
يَضُرُّهُ
yadurruhu
harms him
وَمَا
wama
and what
لَا
la
not
يَنفَعُهُ
yanfa'uhu
benefits him
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
That
هُوَ
huwa
[it]
الضَّلَالُ
al-dalalu
(is) the straying
الْبَعِيدُ
al-ba'idu
far away
Transliteration
Yad'oo min doonil laahi maa laa yadurruhoo wa maa laa yanfa'uh' zaalika huwad dalaalul ba'ed
Translation
He invokes instead of Allah that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
He worships besides Allah idols which cannot harm him if he disobeys them, nor can they benefit him if he obeys them. That calling upon idols which can neither harm nor benefit is the misguidance far from the truth.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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