Al-Isra 17:56 قل ادعوا الذين زعمتم من دونه فلا يملكون كشف الضر عنكم ولا تحويلا ٥٦
قُلِ
ٱدۡعُواْ
ٱلَّذِينَ
زَعَمۡتُم
مِّن
دُونِهِۦ
فَلَا
يَمۡلِكُونَ
كَشۡفَ
ٱلضُّرِّ
عَنكُمۡ
وَلَا
تَحۡوِيلًا
٥٦
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Invoke those you claim ˹to be divine˺1 besides Him—they do not have the power to undo harm from you or transfer it ˹to someone else˺.”
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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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