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Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 76 (5:76)

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قُلْ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا ۚ وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ …

Quran 5:76 is ayah 76 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 120 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:76
قُلْأَتَعْبُدُونَمِندُونِٱللَّهِمَالَايَمْلِكُلَكُمْضَرًّاوَلَانَفْعًا ۚوَٱللَّهُهُوَٱلسَّمِيعُٱلْعَلِيمُ٧٦
qul ataʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yamliku lakum ḍarran walā nafʿan wal-lahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

Say, "Do you worship besides Allāh that which holds for you no [power of] harm or benefit while it is Allāh who is the Hearing, the Knowing?"(76)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. أَتَعْبُدُونَataʿbudūnaDo you worship
  3. مِنminfrom
  4. دُونِdūnibesides
  5. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  6. مَاmāwhat
  7. لَاlānot
  8. يَمْلِكُyamlikuhas power
  9. لَكُمْlakumto (cause) you
  10. ضَرًّاḍarranany harm
  11. وَلَاwalāand not
  12. نَفْعًا ۚnafʿanany benefit
  13. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuwhile Allah
  14. هُوَhuwaHe
  15. ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) the All-Hearing
  16. ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knowing

Tafsir (commentary) of 5:76

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This commentary explains ayahs 5:76–77 together.

The Prohibition of Shirk (Polytheism) and Exaggeration in the Religion

Allah admonishes those who take up rivals with Him and worship the idols, monuments and false deities. Allah states that such false deities do not deserve any degree of Divinity. Allah said,

قُلْ

(Say) O Muhammad, to those from among the Children of Adam, such as the Christians, who worship other than Allah,

أَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لاَ يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرّاً وَلاَ نَفْعاً

(How do you worship besides Allah something which has no power either to harm or to benefit you) meaning, which cannot prevent harm for you nor bring about your benefit,

وَاللَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

(But it is Allah Who is the All-Hearer, All-Knower.) He hears what His servants say and has knowledge of all things. Therefore, how did you worship inanimate objects that do not hear, see or know anything - having no power to bring harm or benefit to themselves let alone others - instead of worshipping Allah Allah then said,

قُلْ يَـأَهْلَ الْكِتَـبِ لاَ تَغْلُواْ فِى دِينِكُمْ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ

(Say: "O People of the Scipture! Exceed not the limits in your religion beyond the truth,) Meaning: Do not exceed the limits concerning the truth and exaggeration in praising whom you were commanded to honor. You exaggerated in his case and elevated him from the rank of Prophet to the rank of a god. You did this with `Isa, who was a Prophet, yet you claimed that he is god besides Allah. This error occurred because you followed your teachers, the advocates of misguidance who came before your time and who,

وَأَضَلُّواْ كَثِيراً وَضَلُّواْ عَن سَوَآءِ السَّبِيلِ

(...and who misled many, and strayed (themselves) from the right path,) deviated from the straight path, to the path of misguidance and deviation.

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