← Surah 21

21:66

قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ

Word by word

قَالَ
He said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ
Then do you worship
Verb
Root: عبد
Grammar (i'rab)
أَNoun — interrogative، prefix
فَPreposition — supplemental، prefix
تَعْبُدُVerb — imperfect، 2nd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
مِن
besides
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِنPreposition — preposition
دُونِ
besides
Noun
Root: دون
Grammar (i'rab)
دُونِNoun — genitive
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهِNoun — proper noun، genitive
مَا
what
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَاNoun — relative
لَا
(does) not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَاPreposition — negative
يَنفَعُكُمْ
benefit you
Verb
Root: نفع
Grammar (i'rab)
يَنفَعُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
كُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
شَيْـًٔا
(in) anything
Noun
Root: شيأ
Grammar (i'rab)
شَيْـًٔاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative
وَلَا
and not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
لَاPreposition — negative
يَضُرُّكُمْ
harms you
Verb
Root: ضرر
Grammar (i'rab)
يَضُرُّVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
كُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.

Translation

EN

(Abraham) said, "Do ye then worship, besides Allah, things that can neither be of any good to you nor do you harm?

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

Abraham said, ‘How can you worship what can neither benefit nor harm you, instead of God?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

He said: Worship ye then instead of Allah that which cannot profit you at all, nor harm you?

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allāh that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

İbrahim: "O halde, Allah'ı bırakıp da size hiçbir fayda ve zarar veremeyecek olan putlara ne diye taparsınız? Size de, Allah'ı bırakıp taptıklarınıza da yazıklar olsun! Akletmiyor musunuz?" dedi.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

(İbrahim) dedi: "O halde, Allah'ı bırakıp da size hiçbir fayda ve zarar veremeyecek olan putlara mı tapıyorsunuz?"

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(İbrahim) “Allah’ın peşi sıra size hiçbir yarar ve zarar veremeyen şeylere (hâlâ) tapacak mısınız?” demişti.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

قال إبراهيم محقِّرًا لشأن الأصنام: كيف تعبدون أصنامًا لا تنفع إذا عُبدت، ولا تضرُّ إذا تُركت؟ قبحًا لكم ولآلهتكم التي تعبدونها من دون الله تعالى، أفلا تعقلون فتدركون سوء ما أنتم عليه؟

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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