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Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 117
وَمَن يَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ لَا بُرْهَـٰنَ لَهُۥ بِهِۦ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿117﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And whoever invokes (or worships), besides Allâh, any other ilâh (god), of whom he has no proof; then his reckoning is only with his Lord. Surely! Al-Kâfirûn (the disbelievers in Allâh and in the Oneness of Allâh, polytheists, pagans, idolaters) will not be successful.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَدْعُ
yadʿu
invokes
مَعَ
maʿa
with
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
إِلَـٰهًا
ilāhan
god
ءَاخَرَ
ākhara
other
لَا
lā
no
بُرْهَـٰنَ
bur'hāna
proof
لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
بِهِۦ
bihi
in it
فَإِنَّمَا
fa-innamā
Then only
حِسَابُهُۥ
ḥisābuhu
his account
عِندَ
ʿinda
(is) with
رَبِّهِۦٓ ۚ
rabbihi
his Lord
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, [he]
لَا
lā
not
يُفْلِحُ
yuf'liḥu
will succeed
ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ
l-kāfirūna
the disbelievers
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117. And whoever calls upon another god along with Allah, for which he has no proof [109], then his account is with his Lord. Surely, such disbelievers will never succeed.
[109]
There Is No Rational or Scriptural Evidence for Calling Upon Others Besides Allah:
That is, those people who, along with Allah, call upon others and thus commit shirk, and have considered them as their fulfiller of needs and remover of difficulties, have neither any rational evidence nor any scriptural proof for this justification. The basis of such fabricated stories is merely conjecture and assumption, and then, due to blind following of their forefathers, these beliefs become widespread among people. Allah Almighty will take full account from such polytheists, and each will be punished according to the extent of their crime. And such stubborn and deniers, who do not desist even after being advised, can never succeed in the Hereafter.
[109]
There Is No Rational or Scriptural Evidence for Calling Upon Others Besides Allah:
That is, those people who, along with Allah, call upon others and thus commit shirk, and have considered them as their fulfiller of needs and remover of difficulties, have neither any rational evidence nor any scriptural proof for this justification. The basis of such fabricated stories is merely conjecture and assumption, and then, due to blind following of their forefathers, these beliefs become widespread among people. Allah Almighty will take full account from such polytheists, and each will be punished according to the extent of their crime. And such stubborn and deniers, who do not desist even after being advised, can never succeed in the Hereafter.
