Surah 16 An-Nahl — Ayah 20
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًۭٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ
하나님 외에 그들이 숭배하 는 것들은 아무 것도 창조할 수 없는 피조물들로
wa-alladhīna yadʿūna min dūni l-lahi lā yakhluqūna shayan wahum yukh'laqūna
Word by word
- وَٱلَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna And those whom
- يَدْعُونَ yadʿūna they invoke
- مِن min besides
- دُونِ dūni besides
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
- لَا lā not
- يَخْلُقُونَ yakhluqūna they create
- شَيْـًۭٔا shayan anything
- وَهُمْ wahum but (are) themselves
- يُخْلَقُونَ yukh'laqūna created
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The gods of the Idolators are Created, they do not create
Then Allah tells us that the idols which people call on instead of Him cannot create anything, they are themselves created, as Al-Khalil (Ibrahim) said:
("Do you worship that which you (yourselves) carve While Allah has created you and what you make!") (37:-96).
((They are) dead, not alive) means, they are inanimate and lifeless, they do not hear, see, or think.
(and they know not when they will be resurrected.) meaning, they do not know when the Hour will come, so how can anyone hope for any benefit or reward from these idols They should hope for it from the One Who knows all things and is the Creator of all things.