Sourate 21 Al-Anbiyaa — Verset 66
قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ
Il dit: «Adorez-vous donc, en dehors d'Allah, ce qui ne saurait en rien vous être utile ni vous nuire non plus.
qāla afataʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yanfaʿukum shayan walā yaḍurrukum
Mot à mot
- قَالَ qāla He said
- أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ afataʿbudūna Then do you worship
- مِن min besides
- دُونِ dūni besides
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
- مَا mā what
- لَا lā (does) not
- يَنفَعُكُمْ yanfaʿukum benefit you
- شَيْـًۭٔا shayan (in) anything
- وَلَا walā and not
- يَضُرُّكُمْ yaḍurrukum harms you
Tafsîr · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The People's admission of their gods' incapability, and Ibrahim's preaching
Allah tells us that when Ibrahim said what he said, his people
(turned to themselves) meaning, they blamed themselves for not taking precautions and protecting their gods. They said:
(Verily, you are the wrongdoers) i.e., because you neglected them and did not guard them.
(Then they turned to themselves) means, they looked at the ground, and said:
(Indeed you (Ibrahim) know well that these speak not!) Qatadah said: "The people admitted their guilt and confusion, and said,
("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:
(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 them instead of Allah
(Fie upon you, and upon that which you worship besides Allah! Have you then no sense) `Do you not realize the extent of the mis- guidance and extreme disbelief which you are following, which no one could accept but one who is an igno- rant and evil wrong- doer' He defeated them in argument and left them with no way out. Allah said:
e(And that was Our proof which We gave Ibrahim against his people) 6:83