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Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 101

Hud · Meccan · Juz 12 · Page 233

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وَمَا ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۖ فَمَآ أَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ ءَالِهَتُهُمُ ٱلَّتِى يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ لَّمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَمَا زَادُوهُمْ غَيْرَ تَتْبِيبٍ ﴿101﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

We wronged them not, but they wronged themselves. So their âlihah (gods), other than Allâh, whom they invoked, profited them naught when there came the Command of your Lord, nor did they add aught to them but destruction.

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

وَمَا wamā And not
ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْ ẓalamnāhum We wronged them
وَلَـٰكِن walākin but
ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ẓalamū they wronged
أَنفُسَهُمْ ۖ anfusahum themselves
فَمَآ famā So not
أَغْنَتْ aghnat availed
عَنْهُمْ ʿanhum them
ءَالِهَتُهُمُ ālihatuhumu their gods
ٱلَّتِى allatī which
يَدْعُونَ yadʿūna they invoked
مِن min other than Allah
دُونِ dūni other than Allah
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi other than Allah
مِن min any
شَىْءٍۢ shayin thing
لَّمَّا lammā when
جَآءَ jāa came
أَمْرُ amru (the) command (of) your Lord
رَبِّكَ ۖ rabbika (the) command (of) your Lord
وَمَا wamā And not
زَادُوهُمْ zādūhum they increased them
غَيْرَ ghayra other than
تَتْبِيبٍۢ tatbībin ruin

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(Ayah 101) ➊ {وَ مَا ظَلَمْنٰهُمْ …:} That is, in the punishments We sent upon them, We did not wrong them in any way; rather, they themselves wronged their own souls. Their greatest wrongdoing against themselves was associating partners with Allah, and then denying the messengers, for which they were punished.
➋ { فَمَاۤ اَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ اٰلِهَتُهُمُ الَّتِيْ …:} Then, when Allah’s punishment came, their deities, fulfillers of needs, removers of difficulties, granters of treasures, and helpers could not benefit them in any way; rather, they only became a cause for their destruction and an increase in punishment, because it was due to them that ruin and devastation befell them. {’’ تَتْبِيْبٍ ‘‘} The verb {’’ تَبَّ ‘‘ } (he was destroyed) is from the form “bab taf‘il,” meaning “to destroy.”

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11. 1 By subjecting them to punishment and destruction. 11. 2 By committing disbelief and sins. 11. 3 While their belief was that these would protect them from harm and bring them benefit. But when Allah's punishment came, it became clear that their belief was corrupt, and it was proven that no one except Allah has the power to bring benefit or harm to anyone.

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101. We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. And when Allah’s command (punishment) came, their gods whom they called upon besides Allah were of no avail to them, and they only added to their ruin [112].

[112] That is, when Allah's punishment comes, it does not distinguish between the worshipper and the false deities. When the deities cannot even save themselves from Allah's punishment, how can they save their followers? And even more noteworthy is the fact that it is because of these very deities that Allah's punishment descends upon the followers. Then what room remains for doubt regarding the harmfulness and destructive nature of these deities?
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