Surah Ghafir (40) — Ayah 74
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
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74. 2 That is, who knows where they have gone, how can they help us?
74. 3 After admitting, then they will deny worshipping them, because there it will become clear to them that they used to worship things that could neither hear nor see, nor could they cause harm or benefit (Fath al-Qadeer), and its other meaning is also clear, which is that they will completely deny shirk.
74. 4 That is, just as with these deniers, Allah also leads the disbelievers astray. The meaning is that continuous denial and disbelief are such things that they blacken and rust the hearts of people, and then they are forever deprived of the grace to accept the truth.
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[95] This sentence can have two meanings, and both are correct. One, which is clear from the translation, is that the polytheists will forget everything and will completely deny their polytheism. The second is that those things which we used to call upon in the world, in reality, had no power whatsoever and were absolutely nothing. It was our own mistake that we considered them to be 'something'.
[96]
The Bewilderment of the Polytheists: Contradictory Answers to a Single Question:
In this sentence, the bewilderment of the polytheists is mentioned, that they will keep giving different and contradictory answers to a single question. The question was: Where are those partners of yours today whom you used to associate with Allah? One answer they will give is that we do not remember ever calling upon anyone besides Allah, and even if there was such a thing, we do not see them today, or they have vanished from our memory. The second answer is that they will outright deny: When did we ever call upon anyone besides Allah? And the third answer is the one mentioned separately in several places, that the worshippers will blame their deities, saying: O Allah! These great ones led us astray, so give them double punishment. In this answer, they will be fully admitting their crime. That is, the question is one, but look at the state of confusion in their answers—sometimes denial, sometimes admission. They will not understand which answer to stick to, because falsehood has no solid foundation.
