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Surah Yunus (10) — Ayah 106
وَلَا تَدْعُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكَ وَلَا يَضُرُّكَ ۖ فَإِن فَعَلْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذًا مِّنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿106﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"And invoke not besides Allâh, any such that will neither profit you nor harm you, but if (in case) you did so, you shall certainly be one of the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَدْعُ
tadʿu
invoke
مِن
min
besides Allah
دُونِ
dūni
besides Allah
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
besides Allah
مَا
mā
what
لَا
lā
(will) not
يَنفَعُكَ
yanfaʿuka
benefit you
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَضُرُّكَ ۖ
yaḍurruka
harm you
فَإِن
fa-in
But if
فَعَلْتَ
faʿalta
you did so
فَإِنَّكَ
fa-innaka
indeed, you
إِذًۭا
idhan
then (will be)
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
16. 1. That is, if you call upon such deities besides Allah who are not capable of bringing benefit or harm to anyone, then this will be committing an act of injustice. Since worship is only the right of Allah, who has created the entire universe and also creates all the means of life, then to leave this being who is deserving of worship and worship someone else is extremely wrong. That is why shirk has been described as a great injustice. Here too, although the address is to the Prophet ﷺ, the real addressees are human beings and the Ummah of Muhammad.
