قُلِ
ٱدۡعُواْ
ٱلَّذِينَ
زَعَمۡتُم
مِّن
دُونِهِۦ
فَلَا
يَمۡلِكُونَ
كَشۡفَ
ٱلضُّرِّ
عَنكُمۡ
وَلَا
تَحۡوِيلًا
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Ntumwa y’Imana! Bwira ababangikanyamana uti: “Nimusabe mutakambira ibigirwamana musenga mu gishingo c’Imana Allah, maze bibakureko ivyago! Ico mwomenya co, ni uko bidashoboye namba kubakurako nya vyago; kira noneho rero, ntibinashoboye no gutera ivyago n’uwundi atari mwebwe1”.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The gods of the Idolators can neither benefit nor harm; rather they themselves seek to draw close to Allah
Allah says:
قُلْ
(Say) O Muhammad to these idolators who worship things other than Allah,
ادْعُواْ الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِ
(Call upon those - besides Him whom you pretend.) such as idols an
…The gods of the Idolators can neither benefit nor harm; rather they themselves seek to draw close to Allah
Allah says:
قُلْ
(Say) O Muhammad to these ido
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