سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 194
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ عِبَادٌ أَمْثَالُكُمْ ۖ فَٱدْعُوهُمْ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿194﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Verily, those whom you call upon besides Allâh are slaves like you. So call upon them and let them answer you if you are truthful.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those whom
تَدْعُونَ
tadʿūna
you call
مِن
min
from
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
عِبَادٌ
ʿibādun
(are) slaves
أَمْثَالُكُمْ ۖ
amthālukum
like you
فَٱدْعُوهُمْ
fa-id'ʿūhum
So invoke them
فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟
falyastajībū
and let them respond
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
إِن
in
if
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
صَـٰدِقِينَ
ṣādiqīna
truthful
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.
194. 1. That is, when they were alive, but now you yourselves are more complete than them; now they cannot see, you see; they cannot hear, you hear; they cannot understand anything, you understand; they cannot answer, you answer. From this, it is understood that the beings whose idols the polytheists made and worshipped were also previously servants of Allah, that is, they were humans, just as the people of Noah (علیہ السلام) held beliefs about five idols, as is explicitly mentioned in Sahih Bukhari that they were righteous servants of Allah.
