Surah Yunus Ayat 18 Tafseer

Para 11 - یَعْتَذِرُوْنَ

سورة يونس

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

10.18

وَ یَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ مَا لَا یَضُرُّهُمْ وَ لَا یَنْفَعُهُمْ وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ شُفَعَآؤُنَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِؕ-قُلْ اَتُنَبِّــٴُـوْنَ اللّٰهَ بِمَا لَا یَعْلَمُ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ لَا فِی الْاَرْضِؕ-سُبْحٰنَهٗ وَ تَعٰلٰى عَمَّا یُشْرِكُوْنَ(18)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

English translation of Kanz-ul-Imaan

And they (the polytheists) worship other than Allah that which can neither harm them nor benefit them and say, 'These are our intercessors before Allah.' Say you (O Beloved), 'Do you inform Allah of something which is not in His Knowledge, neither in the heavens nor in the earth?' Glory and Supremacy is for Him from what they associate (to Him).

Commentary

Polytheists resorted to idolatry with the hope of intercession. They were wrong in both the idolatry and intercession. The former is an act of polytheism while the latter was utter ignorance as the idols were not granted intercessor-status. This became the difference between the polytheists and the Muslims; the Muslims consider the noble prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـسَّـلَام, saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـه, and pious people as intercessors but do not worship them. Furthermore, these noble figures, believed to be intercessors by Muslims, have been granted this status by Allah Almighty, as established in the Quran and Hadith. So, both polytheists' actions, polytheism, and misplaced intercession, were wrong, whereas Muslims adopted the correct creed of intercession as their Lord commanded.

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