Surah Al Hajj Ayat 73 Tafseer

Para 17 - اِقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ

سورة الحج

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

22.73-74

یٰۤاَیُّهَا النَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَاسْتَمِعُوْا لَهٗؕ-اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ تَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ لَنْ یَّخْلُقُوْا ذُبَابًا وَّ لَوِ اجْتَمَعُوْا لَهٗؕ-وَ اِنْ یَّسْلُبْهُمُ الذُّبَابُ شَیْــٴًـا لَّا یَسْتَنْقِذُوْهُ مِنْهُؕ-ضَعُفَ الطَّالِبُ وَ الْمَطْلُوْبُ(73) مَا قَدَرُوا اللّٰهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهٖؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَقَوِیٌّ عَزِیْزٌ(74)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

English translation of Kanz-ul-Irfan

O people! An example has been stated so listen to it attentively. Those whom you worship other than Allah are not ˹even capable of˺ creating a fly—even if all of them combine ˹their efforts˺ to do so. And if a fly takes something away from them,[1] they cannot even retrieve it—how weak is the seeker and the sought![2] They did not honour Allah as He should be honoured—Allah is All-Powerful, Predominant.

Commentary

The powerlessness of the idols is mentioned through an example: even if all idols came together, they could not even create a fly. Moreover, these objects could not even prevent a fly from taking the honey or saffron that is rubbed on them by the polytheists; how strange and foolish is it to consider such powerless idols to be gods.

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