Transliteration:( Qulid 'ul lazeena za'amtum min doonil laahi laa yamlikoona misqaala zarratin fissamaawaati wa laa fil ardi wa maa lahum feehimaa min shirkinw wa maa lahoo minhum min zaheer )
73. This means; Oh idolators! Call upon your false gods in your difficult times and see whether they would respond to your call! They will not listen to your complaints. In this there is no permission for infidelity, but their evil beliefs are discussed.
74. This tells us that not having ownership of anything is for the idols. Prophets and Saints of Allah Almighty, through His bestowal, are the owners of everything.Â
Says Allah Almighty: "Oh Beloved! We have bestowed upon you an abundance of good†(S107:V1). Hazrat Isa (On whom be peace) had said: "That I make a form for you out of clay"(S3:V49).
In fact, Allah Almighty has ordered the believers that in times of difficulty: they should seek the court of His Beloved Prophet Says Allah Almighty: "And when they do injustice unto their souls, then O Beloved, they should come to you, then beg forgiveness of Allah and the Messenger should intercede for them. Then surely, they would find Allah Relenting. Merciful" (S4:V64).Â
In short, this verse is for the idols and not for the Prophets and the saints.
75. These idols are neither partners with Allah Almighty in the process of creation, nor in ownership and disposal of things.
 76. These idols would not give assistance to their worshippers, either in this world or in the Hereafter. On the contrary, they would become their enemies in the Hereafter.
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The tafsir of Surah Saba verse 23 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Saba ayat 22 which provides the complete commentary from verse 22 through 23.
38. Until now the mushriks’ wrong notions about the Hereafter have been dealt with. From here the discourse turns to the refutation of shirk itself.
39. That is, Allah makes and un-makes the destinies of individuals and nations and kingdoms in ways as you have seen from the stories of the Prophets David and Solomon (peace be upon them) and the people of Saba. Now, you may invoke, if you so like, these self-made gods of yours to see whether they also possess the power to change someone’s good fortune into misfortune and misfortune into good fortune.
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