Tabari

Tafseer of Jonas · Yunus · 10:106

وَلَا تَدْعُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكَ وَلَا يَضُرُّكَ ۖ فَإِن فَعَلْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذًۭا مِّنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

And do not invoke besides Allah that which neither benefits you nor harms you, for if you did, then indeed you would be of the wrongdoers.'"

Important: The Arabic source text is always authoritative. This translation is a study aid and has not been verified by scholars — do not use it as a basis for religious proof or for deriving rulings (ahkam). When in doubt, always consult the Arabic text and a qualified scholar.

Tabari (1 passage)

  1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

    The explanation of the words of Allah the Exalted: وَلا تَدْعُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لا يَنْفَعُكَ وَلا يَضُرُّكَ فَإِنْ فَعَلْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذًا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ (106) (And do not call upon, besides Allah, that which neither benefits you nor harms you; for if you do, then indeed you would be among the wrongdoers.)

    Abū Jaʿfar says: Allah the Exalted says: Do not call upon, besides your Object of Worship and your Creator, O Muḥammad, anything that brings you no benefit whatsoever in the worldly life nor in the Hereafter, and that likewise brings you no harm whatsoever in religion or worldly life — by this He means the gods and the idols. He says: Do not venerate them in hope of their benefit or out of fear of their harm, for they bring neither benefit nor harm. "For if you do" — that is: if you call upon them besides Allah — "then you would be among the wrongdoers (al-ẓālimīn)": He says: among the polytheists (mushrikīn) who ascribe partners to Allah (shirk), the wrongdoers against themselves.

    Show original Arabic
    القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : وَلا تَدْعُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لا يَنْفَعُكَ وَلا يَضُرُّكَ فَإِنْ فَعَلْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذًا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ (106) قال أبو جعفر: يقول تعالى ذكره: ولا تدع ، يا محمد ، من دون معبودك وخالقك شيئًا لا ينفعك في الدنيا ولا في الآخرة ، ولا يضرك في دين ولا دنيا، يعني بذلك الآلهة والأصنام. يقول: لا تعبدها راجيا نفعها أو خائفًا ضرَّها، فإنها لا تنفع ولا تضر ، " فإن فعلت " ، ذلك ، فدعوتها من دون الله ، (فإنك إذًا من الظالمين ) ، يقول: من المشركين بالله، الظالمي أنفُسِهم . (26) ------------------------ الهوامش: (26) في المطبوعة والمخطوطة : " الظالم لنفسه " ، والسياق لا يليق به هذا ، وظني أنه سهو من الناسخ ، فلذلك أبدلت به ما أثبت .