سُوْرَةُ سَبَاٍ
Surah Saba (34) — Ayah 42
فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا يَمْلِكُ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ نَّفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا وَنَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿42﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
So Today (i.e. the Day of Resurrection), none of you can profit or harm one another. And We shall say to those who did wrong [i.e. worshipped others (like the angels, jinn, prophets, saints, righteous persons) along with Allâh]: "Taste the torment of the Fire which you used to belie.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَٱلْيَوْمَ
fal-yawma
But today
لَا
lā
not
يَمْلِكُ
yamliku
possess power
بَعْضُكُمْ
baʿḍukum
some of you
لِبَعْضٍۢ
libaʿḍin
on others
نَّفْعًۭا
nafʿan
to benefit
وَلَا
walā
and not
ضَرًّۭا
ḍarran
to harm
وَنَقُولُ
wanaqūlu
and We will say
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
to those
ظَلَمُوا۟
ẓalamū
who wronged
ذُوقُوا۟
dhūqū
Taste
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
(the) punishment
ٱلنَّارِ
l-nāri
(of) the Fire
ٱلَّتِى
allatī
which
كُنتُم
kuntum
you used
بِهَا
bihā
to [it]
تُكَذِّبُونَ
tukadhibūna
deny
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 42) ➊ {فَالْيَوْمَ لَا يَمْلِكُ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ نَّفْعًا وَّ لَا ضَرًّا :} This is an address to both the angels and their worshipers. That is, in the world, these people used to worship you thinking that you could benefit them, or save them from harm and protect them from Allah’s punishment, just as is the case today with those who worship saints and graves. But today, none of you has the power to benefit anyone, nor to save anyone from harm. Both the worshiper and the worshiped are helpless, as He said: « ضَعُفَ الطَّالِبُ وَ الْمَطْلُوْبُ » [ الحج : ۷۳ ] “Weak is the seeker and the one sought.”
➋ {وَ نَقُوْلُ لِلَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا ذُوْقُوْا عَذَابَ النَّارِ …:} The wrongdoers here refer to the polytheists, because shirk is a great injustice, and the polytheist is the greatest wrongdoer. See Surah Al-An’am (82) and Surah Luqman (13).
➋ {وَ نَقُوْلُ لِلَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا ذُوْقُوْا عَذَابَ النَّارِ …:} The wrongdoers here refer to the polytheists, because shirk is a great injustice, and the polytheist is the greatest wrongdoer. See Surah Al-An’am (82) and Surah Luqman (13).
