سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 191
أَيُشْرِكُونَ مَا لَا يَخْلُقُ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ ﴿191﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Do they attribute as partners to Allâh those who created nothing but they themselves are created?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَيُشْرِكُونَ
ayush'rikūna
Do they associate
مَا
mā
what
لَا
lā
(can) not
يَخْلُقُ
yakhluqu
create
شَيْـًۭٔا
shayan
anything
وَهُمْ
wahum
and they
يُخْلَقُونَ
yukh'laqūna
are created
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 192,191) { اَيُشْرِكُوْنَ مَا لَا يَخْلُقُ شَيْـًٔا … : } The purpose of this discourse is to refute the worship of idols, as they possess no attribute of being deities. The first point is that they have not created anything at all; even if all of them were to gather together, they could not create a fly, nor could they retrieve anything taken away from them. See Surah Al-Hajj (73). They themselves are created; far from helping their worshippers, if someone were to break them into pieces, they could not even save themselves. So why worship this helpless creation instead of the Creator?
