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    • Quran-5:76 Surah Al-maidah English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

    قُلۡ أَتَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمۡلِكُ لَكُمۡ ضَرّٗا وَلَا نَفۡعٗاۚ وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ

    Transliteration:( Qul ata'budoona min doonil laahi maa laa yamliku lakum darranw wa laa naf'aa; wallaahu Huwas Samee'ul 'Aleem )

    76. Say (O Beloved Prophet): "Do you worship besides Allah that which cannot benefit you or harm you? [224] And Allah is the Hearing, the Knowing." (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

    (76) Say, "Do you worship besides Allāh that which holds for you no [power of] harm or benefit while it is Allāh who is the Hearing, the Knowing?" (Saheen International Translation)

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    Surah Al-Maidah Ayat 76 Tafsir (Commentry)



    • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
    • Ibn Kathir
    • Ala-Madudi
    • Shaheen International

    76. Say (O Beloved Prophet): "Do you worship besides Allah that which cannot benefit you or harm you? [224] And Allah is the Hearing, the Knowing."

    ✅ [224] On the futility of worshipping anything besides Allah:

    This verse addresses those who worship other than Allah, questioning the logic of honoring or revering entities that hold no power to benefit or harm by themselves.

    Humans possess no inherent power to affect good or evil without Allah’s will. Any benefit or harm that occurs is by Allah’s permission and decree alone.

    The verse implicitly references miracles of Hazrat Isa (Jesus, peace be upon him) — such as removing calamities, restoring life to the dead, and healing the sick — not by his own power, but by Allah’s bounty. This shows that even prophets perform miracles solely through Allah’s permission.

    Thus, worship directed to beings or idols that cannot independently influence one's state is logically baseless.

    Ibn-Kathir

    76. Say: “How do you worship besides Allah something which has no power either to harm or to benefit you But it is Allah Who is the All-Hearer, All-Knower.” 77. Say: “O People of the Scripture! Exceed not the limits in your religion beyond the truth, and do not follow the vain desires of people who went astray before and who misled many, and strayed (themselves) from the right path.”

    The Prohibition of Shirk (Polytheism) and Exaggeration in the Religion

    Allah admonishes those who take up rivals with Him and worship the idols, monuments and false deities. Allah states that such false deities do not deserve any degree of Divinity. Allah said,

    ﴿قُلْ﴾

    (Say) O Muhammad, to those from among the Children of Adam, such as the Christians, who worship other than Allah,

    ﴿أَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لاَ يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرّاً وَلاَ نَفْعاً﴾

    (How do you worship besides Allah something which has no power either to harm or to benefit you) meaning, which cannot prevent harm for you nor bring about your benefit,

    ﴿وَاللَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ﴾

    (But it is Allah Who is the All-Hearer, All-Knower.) He hears what His servants say and has knowledge of all things. Therefore, how did you worship inanimate objects that do not hear, see or know anything – having no power to bring harm or benefit to themselves let alone others – instead of worshipping Allah Allah then said,

    ﴿قُلْ يَـأَهْلَ الْكِتَـبِ لاَ تَغْلُواْ فِى دِينِكُمْ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ﴾

    (Say: “O People of the Scipture! Exceed not the limits in your religion beyond the truth,) Meaning: Do not exceed the limits concerning the truth and exaggeration in praising whom you were commanded to honor. You exaggerated in his case and elevated him from the rank of Prophet to the rank of a god. You did this with `Isa, who was a Prophet, yet you claimed that he is god besides Allah. This error occurred because you followed your teachers, the advocates of misguidance who came before your time and who,

    ﴿وَأَضَلُّواْ كَثِيراً وَضَلُّواْ عَن سَوَآءِ السَّبِيلِ﴾

    (…and who misled many, and strayed (themselves) from the right path,) deviated from the straight path, to the path of misguidance and deviation.

    (5:76) Say: ‘Do you serve, beside Allah, that which has no power either to harm or benefit you, whereas Allah alone is All-Hearing, All-Knowing?’

    Ala-Maududi

    (5:76) Say: ‘Do you serve, beside Allah, that which has no power either to harm or benefit you, whereas Allah alone is All-Hearing, All-Knowing?’

    There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

    (76) Say, "Do you worship besides Allāh that which holds for you no [power of] harm or benefit while it is Allāh who is the Hearing, the Knowing?"

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