سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ
Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 20
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ ﴿20﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Those whom they (Al-Mushrikûn) invoke besides Allâh have not created anything, but are themselves created.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
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 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.
20. 1. There is an addition in this, that is, along with the negation of the attribute (of creatorship), the affirmation of deficiency, that is, lack (of creatorship) is established (Fath al-Qadeer).
