سُوْرَةُ فَاطِرٍ
Surah Faatir (35) — Ayah 40
قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ شُرَكَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ كِتَـٰبًا فَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَتٍ مِّنْهُ ۚ بَلْ إِن يَعِدُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا إِلَّا غُرُورًا ﴿40﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Tell me or inform me (what) do you think about your (so-called) partner-gods to whom you call upon besides Allâh? Show me, what they have created of the earth. Or have they any share in the heavens? Or have We given them a Book, so that they act on clear proof therefrom? Nay, the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers) promise one another nothing but delusions."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَرَءَيْتُمْ
ara-aytum
Have you seen
شُرَكَآءَكُمُ
shurakāakumu
your partners
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those whom
تَدْعُونَ
tadʿūna
you call
مِن
min
besides
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
أَرُونِى
arūnī
Show Me
مَاذَا
mādhā
what
خَلَقُوا۟
khalaqū
they have created
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
أَمْ
am
or
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
شِرْكٌۭ
shir'kun
(is) a share
فِى
fī
in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
أَمْ
am
Or
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ
ātaynāhum
have We given them
كِتَـٰبًۭا
kitāban
a Book
فَهُمْ
fahum
so they
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(are) on
بَيِّنَتٍۢ
bayyinatin
a clear proof
مِّنْهُ ۚ
min'hu
therefrom
بَلْ
bal
Nay
إِن
in
not
يَعِدُ
yaʿidu
promise
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
l-ẓālimūna
the wrongdoers
بَعْضُهُم
baʿḍuhum
some of them
بَعْضًا
baʿḍan
(to) others
إِلَّا
illā
except
غُرُورًا
ghurūran
delusion
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.
40. 1. That is, We have not sent down to them any book in which it is written that I also have some partners who share and participate in the creation of the heavens and the earth.
40. 2. That is, none of these things exist; rather, they have always been misleading each other among themselves. Their leaders used to say that these deities would benefit them, bring them closer to Allah, and intercede for them. Or these things were said to the polytheists by the devils, or by this is meant the promise they made to each other in front of one another that they would prevail over the Muslims, which gave them the courage to persist in disbelief.
40. 2. That is, none of these things exist; rather, they have always been misleading each other among themselves. Their leaders used to say that these deities would benefit them, bring them closer to Allah, and intercede for them. Or these things were said to the polytheists by the devils, or by this is meant the promise they made to each other in front of one another that they would prevail over the Muslims, which gave them the courage to persist in disbelief.
