Surah An-Nahl 16:20 — translation and meaning
النحل · Verse 20 / 128 · Page 269
وَالَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْئًا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ
Word by Word
وَالَّذِينَ
wa-alladhina
And those whom
يَدْعُونَ
yad'una
they invoke
مِن
min
besides
دُونِ
duni
besides
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
لَا
la
not
يَخْلُقُونَ
yakhluquna
they create
شَيْئًا
shayan
anything
وَهُمْ
wahum
but (are) themselves
يُخْلَقُونَ
yukh'laquna
created
Transliteration
Wallazeena yad'oona min doonil laahi laa yakhluqoona shai'anw wa hum yukhlaqoon
Translation
And those they invoke other than Allah create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Those whom the idolaters worship besides Allah, do not create anything no matter how little. Those who worship them besides Allah are the ones who make them. How do they worship besides Allah those idols which they make with their own hands?!
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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