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Surah Al-Furqan, Ayah 3 (25:3)

ٱلْفُرْقَان

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً لَّا يَخْلُقُونَ شَئًْا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ …

Quran 25:3 is ayah 3 of Surah Al-Furqan (“The Criterion”), a Meccan surah of 77 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 360 of the Madani Mushaf.

25:3
وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟مِندُونِهِۦٓءَالِهَةًلَّايَخْلُقُونَشَئًْاوَهُمْيُخْلَقُونَوَلَايَمْلِكُونَلِأَنفُسِهِمْضَرًّاوَلَانَفْعًاوَلَايَمْلِكُونَمَوْتًاوَلَاحَيَوٰةًوَلَانُشُورًا٣
wa-ittakhadhū min dūnihi ālihatan lā yakhluqūna shayan wahum yukh'laqūna walā yamlikūna li-anfusihim ḍarran walā nafʿan walā yamlikūna mawtan walā ḥayatan walā nushūran

But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.(3)

Word by word

  1. وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟wa-ittakhadhūYet they have taken
  2. مِنminbesides Him
  3. دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
  4. ءَالِهَةًālihatangods
  5. لَّاlānot
  6. يَخْلُقُونَyakhluqūnathey create
  7. شَئًْاshayananything
  8. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  9. يُخْلَقُونَyukh'laqūnaare created
  10. وَلَاwalāand not
  11. يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey possess
  12. لِأَنفُسِهِمْli-anfusihimfor themselves
  13. ضَرًّاḍarranany harm
  14. وَلَاwalāand not
  15. نَفْعًاnafʿanany benefit
  16. وَلَاwalāand not
  17. يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey control
  18. مَوْتًاmawtandeath
  19. وَلَاwalāand not
  20. حَيَوٰةًḥayatanlife
  21. وَلَاwalāand not
  22. نُشُورًاnushūranresurrection

Tafsir (commentary) of 25:3

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English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

The Foolishness of the Idolators

Allah tells us of the ignorance of the idolators in taking other gods instead of Allah, the Creator of all things, the One Who controls the affairs of all things; whatever He wills happens and whatever He does not will does not happen. In spite of that, they still worshipped others besides Him, idols who could not even create the wing of a gnat, but were themselves created. They could neither do harm nor bring benefit to themselves, so how could they do anything for their worshippers

وَلاَ يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتاً وَلاَ حَيَـوةً وَلاَ نُشُوراً

(and possess no power (of causing) death, nor (of giving) life, nor of raising the dead.) means, they could not do any of that at all; that power belongs only to Allah, Who is the One Who gives life and death, and is the One Who will bring all people, the first and the last, back to life on the Day of Resurrection.

مَّا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلاَ بَعْثُكُمْ إِلاَّ كَنَفْسٍ وَحِدَةٍ

(The creation of you all and the resurrection of you all are only as (the creation and resurrection of) a single person) (31:28). This is like the Ayat;

وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلاَّ وَحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ

(And Our commandment is but one as the twinkling of an eye.) (54:50)

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَحِدَةٌ - فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ

(But it will be only a single Zajrah. When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death.) (79:13-14)

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

(It will be a single Zajrah, and behold, they will be staring!) (37:19)

إِن كَانَتْ إِلاَّ صَيْحَةً وَحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ

(It will be but a single Sayhah, so behold they will all be brought up before Us!) (36:53). He is Allah besides Whom there is no other God and besides Whom there is no other Lord. No one should be worshipped except Him because whatever He wills happens and whatever he does not will does not happen. He has no offspring nor progenitor, nor equal nor likeness nor rival nor peer. He is the One, the Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.

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