Surah Fatir 35:40 — translation and meaning

فاطر · Verse 40 / 45 · Page 439

ۚ قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ شُرَكَاءَكُمُ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقُوا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ أَمْ آتَيْنَاهُمْ كِتَابًا فَهُمْ عَلَى بَيِّنَتٍ مِّنْهُ بَلْ إِن يَعِدُ الظَّالِمُونَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا إِلَّا غُرُورًا

Word by Word

ۚ
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَرَأَيْتُمْ
ara-aytum
Have you seen
شُرَكَاءَكُمُ
shurakaakumu
your partners
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those whom
تَدْعُونَ
tad'una
you call
مِن
min
besides
دُونِ
duni
besides
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
أَرُونِي
aruni
Show Me
مَاذَا
madha
what
خَلَقُوا
khalaqu
they have created
مِنَ
mina
from
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
أَمْ
am
or
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
شِرْكٌ
shir'kun
(is) a share
فِي
fi
in
السَّمَاوَاتِ
al-samawati
the heavens
أَمْ
am
Or
آتَيْنَاهُمْ
ataynahum
have We given them
كِتَابًا
kitaban
a Book
فَهُمْ
fahum
so they
عَلَى
ala
(are) on
بَيِّنَتٍ
bayyinatin
a clear proof
مِّنْهُ
min'hu
therefrom
بَلْ
bal
Nay
إِن
in
not
يَعِدُ
ya'idu
promise
الظَّالِمُونَ
al-zalimuna
the wrongdoers
بَعْضُهُم
ba'duhum
some of them
بَعْضًا
ba'dan
(to) others
إِلَّا
illa
except
غُرُورًا
ghururan
delusion

Transliteration

Qul ara'aytum shurakaaa'a kumul lazeena tad'oona min doonil laah; aroonee maazaa khalaqoo minal ardi am lahum shirkun fis samaawaati am aatainaahum Kitaaban fahum 'alaa baiyinatim minh; bal iny ya'iiduz zaalimoona ba 'duhum ba'dan illaa ghurooraa

Translation

Say, "Have you considered your 'partners' whom you invoke besides Allah? Show me what they have created from the earth, or have they partnership [with Him] in the heavens? Or have We given them a book so they are [standing] on evidence therefrom? [No], rather, the wrongdoers do not promise each other except delusion."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Say - O Messenger, to these idolaters: Tell me about those partners of yours that you worship instead of Allah, what have they created on earth. Did they create its mountains? Did they create its rivers? Did they create its animals? Or do they have any share with Allah in the creation of the heavens? Or have I given them a book in which there is proof of the validity of their worshipping their idols? Nothing of that is true. In fact, those who wrong themselves by disbelief and sins promise one another nothing but delusion.

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

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