سُوْرَةُ فَاطِرٍ
Surah Faatir (35) — Ayah 14
إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا۟ دُعَآءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا۟ مَا ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لَكُمْ ۖ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُونَ بِشِرْكِكُمْ ۚ وَلَا يُنَبِّئُكَ مِثْلُ خَبِيرٍ ﴿14﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
If you invoke (or call upon) them, they hear not your call; and if (in case) they were to hear, they could not grant it (your request) to you. And on the Day of Resurrection, they will disown your worshipping them. And none can inform you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) like Him Who is the All-Knower (of everything).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِن
in
If
تَدْعُوهُمْ
tadʿūhum
you invoke them
لَا
lā
not
يَسْمَعُوا۟
yasmaʿū
they hear
دُعَآءَكُمْ
duʿāakum
your call
وَلَوْ
walaw
and if
سَمِعُوا۟
samiʿū
they heard
مَا
mā
not
ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟
is'tajābū
they (would) respond
لَكُمْ ۖ
lakum
to you
وَيَوْمَ
wayawma
And (on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
l-qiyāmati
(of) the Resurrection
يَكْفُرُونَ
yakfurūna
they will deny
بِشِرْكِكُمْ ۚ
bishir'kikum
your association
وَلَا
walā
And none
يُنَبِّئُكَ
yunabbi-uka
can inform you
مِثْلُ
mith'lu
like
خَبِيرٍۢ
khabīrin
(the) All-Aware
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.
14. 1. That is, if you call upon them in times of hardship, they do not hear your call at all, because they are inanimate objects, idols made of stone.
14. 2. That is, even if, hypothetically, they were to hear, it would be useless, because they cannot fulfill your needs according to your supplications.
14. 3. Because no one possesses such perfect knowledge. Only He is fully aware of the reality of all matters, which includes the helplessness of those being called upon, their inability to hear the call, and their denial of it on the Day of Resurrection.
14. 2. That is, even if, hypothetically, they were to hear, it would be useless, because they cannot fulfill your needs according to your supplications.
14. 3. Because no one possesses such perfect knowledge. Only He is fully aware of the reality of all matters, which includes the helplessness of those being called upon, their inability to hear the call, and their denial of it on the Day of Resurrection.
