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Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 101
وَمَا ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۖ فَمَآ أَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ ءَالِهَتُهُمُ ٱلَّتِى يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ لَّمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَمَا زَادُوهُمْ غَيْرَ تَتْبِيبٍ ﴿101﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
We wronged them not, but they wronged themselves. So their âlihah (gods), other than Allâh, whom they invoked, profited them naught when there came the Command of your Lord, nor did they add aught to them but destruction.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَا
wamā
And not
ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْ
ẓalamnāhum
We wronged them
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
but
ظَلَمُوٓا۟
ẓalamū
they wronged
أَنفُسَهُمْ ۖ
anfusahum
themselves
فَمَآ
famā
So not
أَغْنَتْ
aghnat
availed
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
them
ءَالِهَتُهُمُ
ālihatuhumu
their gods
ٱلَّتِى
allatī
which
يَدْعُونَ
yadʿūna
they invoked
مِن
min
other than Allah
دُونِ
dūni
other than Allah
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
other than Allah
مِن
min
any
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
لَّمَّا
lammā
when
جَآءَ
jāa
came
أَمْرُ
amru
(the) command (of) your Lord
رَبِّكَ ۖ
rabbika
(the) command (of) your Lord
وَمَا
wamā
And not
زَادُوهُمْ
zādūhum
they increased them
غَيْرَ
ghayra
other than
تَتْبِيبٍۢ
tatbībin
ruin
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 101) ➊ {وَ مَا ظَلَمْنٰهُمْ …:} That is, in the punishments We sent upon them, We did not wrong them in any way; rather, they themselves wronged their own souls. Their greatest wrongdoing against themselves was associating partners with Allah, and then denying the messengers, for which they were punished.
➋ { فَمَاۤ اَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ اٰلِهَتُهُمُ الَّتِيْ …:} Then, when Allah’s punishment came, their deities, fulfillers of needs, removers of difficulties, granters of treasures, and helpers could not benefit them in any way; rather, they only became a cause for their destruction and an increase in punishment, because it was due to them that ruin and devastation befell them. {’’ تَتْبِيْبٍ ‘‘} The verb {’’ تَبَّ ‘‘ } (he was destroyed) is from the form “bab taf‘il,” meaning “to destroy.”
➋ { فَمَاۤ اَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ اٰلِهَتُهُمُ الَّتِيْ …:} Then, when Allah’s punishment came, their deities, fulfillers of needs, removers of difficulties, granters of treasures, and helpers could not benefit them in any way; rather, they only became a cause for their destruction and an increase in punishment, because it was due to them that ruin and devastation befell them. {’’ تَتْبِيْبٍ ‘‘} The verb {’’ تَبَّ ‘‘ } (he was destroyed) is from the form “bab taf‘il,” meaning “to destroy.”
