سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ
Surah Ghafir (40) — Ayah 74
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا بَل لَّمْ نَكُن نَّدْعُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ شَيْـًٔا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿74﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"Besides Allâh"? They will say: "They have vanished from us: Nay, we did not invoke (worship) anything before." Thus Allâh leads astray the disbelievers.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
مِن
min
Other than
دُونِ
dūni
Other than
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
l-lahi
Allah
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They will say
ضَلُّوا۟
ḍallū
They have departed
عَنَّا
ʿannā
from us
بَل
bal
Nay
لَّمْ
lam
Not
نَكُن
nakun
we used to
نَّدْعُوا۟
nadʿū
[we] call
مِن
min
before
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
شَيْـًۭٔا ۚ
shayan
anything
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
يُضِلُّ
yuḍillu
Allah lets go astray
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah lets go astray
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
l-kāfirīna
the disbelievers
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.
74. 1 Can they help you today?
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.
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.
