Surah An-Nisa 4:117 — translation and meaning
النساء · Verse 117 / 176 · Page 97
إِن يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ إِلَّا إِنَاثًا وَإِن يَدْعُونَ إِلَّا شَيْطَانًا مَّرِيدًا
Word by Word
إِن
in
Not
يَدْعُونَ
yad'una
they invoke
مِن
min
from
دُونِهِ
dunihi
besides Him
إِلَّا
illa
but
إِنَاثًا
inathan
female (deities)
وَإِن
wa-in
and not
يَدْعُونَ
yad'una
they invoke
إِلَّا
illa
except
شَيْطَانًا
shaytanan
Shaitaan
مَّرِيدًا
maridan
rebellious
Transliteration
iny yad'oona min dooniheee illaaa inaasanw wa iny yad'oona illaa Shaitaanam mareedaa
Translation
They call upon instead of Him none but female [deities], and they [actually] call upon none but a rebellious Satan.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Instead of Allah, the idolators in Makkah worship female idols which were named with feminine names, such as al-Lāt and al-‘Uzzā, which can neither benefit nor harm anyone. In reality, they only worship Satan, who rebelled and sinned against his Lord, as he is the one who instructed them to worship the idols.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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