Yasyn 36:74 واتخذوا من دون الله الهة لعلهم ينصرون ٧٤
وَٱتَّخَذُواْ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ
ءَالِهَةٗ
لَّعَلَّهُمۡ
يُنصَرُونَ
٧٤
But they have taken besides Allāh [false] deities that perhaps they would be helped.
— Saheeh International
Still they have taken other gods besides Allah, hoping to be helped ˹by them˺.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The gods of the Idolators are not able to help Them
Allah denounces the idolators for taking the idols as gods alongside Allah, hoping that those gods will help them and provide for them and bring them closer to Allah. Allah says:
لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ
(They cannot help them,) meaning, those go
…The gods of the Idolators are not able to help Them
Allah denounces the idolators for taking the idols as gods alongside Allah, hoping that those gods
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