قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allāh that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "(அப்படியாயின்) அல்லாஹ்வையன்றி உங்களுக்கு எந்த நன்மையும் செய்யாத உங்களுக்கு தீங்கும் அளிக்காதவற்றையா வணங்குகிறீர்கள்" என்று கேட்டார்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ‘අල්ලාහ් හැර දමා නුඹලාට කිසිදු ඵලක් නො දෙන එමෙන් ම නුඹලාට කිසිදු හානියක් නො කරන දෑට නුඹලා නැමදුම් කරන්නෙහු ද? යැ’යි ඔහු විමසුවේ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اللہ کے خلیل نے اسی وقت فرمایا افسوس! کیا تم اللہ کے علاوه ان کی عبادت کرتے ہو جو نہ تمہیں کچھ بھی نفع پہنچا سکیں نہ نقصان.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- イブラーヒームは言った。「それならあなたがたは，アッラー以外のものを崇拝するのですか。あなたがたを，少しも益せずまた損わないものを。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他说：你们舍真主而崇拜那些对你们毫无祸福的东西吗？
Tafsir of 21:66
The People's admission of their gods' incapability, and Ibrahim's preaching Allah tells us that when Ibrahim said what he said, his people فَرَجَعُواْ إِلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ (turned to themselves) meaning, they blamed themselves for not taking precautions and protecting their gods. They said: إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ الظَّلِمُونَ (Verily, you are the wrongdoers) i.e., because you neglected them and did not guard them. ثُمَّ نُكِسُواْ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ (Then they turned to themselves) means, they looked at the ground, and said: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَؤُلاءِ يَنطِقُونَ (Indeed you (Ibrahim) know well that these speak not!) Qatadah said: "The people admitted their guilt and confusion, and said, لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَؤُلاءِ يَنطِقُونَ ("Indeed you know well that these speak not!") `So how can you tell us to ask them, if they cannot speak and you know that they cannot speak' At this point, when they admitted that, Ibrahim said to them: أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لاَ يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْئاً وَلاَ يَضُرُّكُمْ (Do you then worship besides Allah, things that can neither profit you nor harm you) meaning, if they can- not speak and they can neither benefit you nor harm you, then why do you worship …
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
