Surah Yunus, ayah 18
وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ شُفَعَـٰٓؤُنَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قُلْ أَتُنَبِّـُٔونَ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَـٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
And they worship other than Allāh that which neither harms them nor benefits them, and they say, "These are our intercessors with Allāh." Say, "Do you inform Allāh of something He does not know in the heavens or on the earth?" Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.
Yunus · 10:18
Word by word
- وَيَعْبُدُونَwayaʿbudūnaAnd they worship
- مِنminfrom
- دُونِdūniother than
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- مَاmāthat (which)
- لَاlā(does) not
- يَضُرُّهُمْyaḍurruhumharm them
- وَلَاwalāand not
- يَنفَعُهُمْyanfaʿuhumbenefit them
- وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
- هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiThese
- شُفَعَـٰٓؤُنَاshufaʿāunā(are) our intercessors
- عِندَʿindawith
- ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
- قُلْqulSay
- أَتُنَبِّـُٔونَatunabbiūnaDo you inform
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- بِمَاbimāof what
- لَاlānot
- يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuhe knows
- فِىfīin
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
- وَلَاwalāand not
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe earth
- سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahuGlorified is He
- وَتَعَـٰلَىٰwataʿālāand Exalted
- عَمَّاʿammāabove what
- يُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnathey associate (with Him)
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