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The Prophets 21:66

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Arabic	English	Morphology
قَالَ qāla	He said	V
أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ afataʿbudūna	Then do you worship	V
مِن min	besides	Prep
دُونِ dūni	besides	Noun
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi	Allah	Noun
مَا mā	what	Noun
لَا lā	(does) not	Prep
يَنفَعُكُمْ yanfaʿukum	benefit you	V
شَيْـًٔا shayan	(in) anything	Noun
وَلَا walā	and not	Prep
يَضُرُّكُمْ yaḍurrukum	harms you	V

Abraham said, ‘How can you worship what can neither benefit nor harm you, instead of God

— Abdel Haleem

قَالَ أَفَتَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا یَنفَعُكُمۡ شَیۡءࣰا وَلَا یَضُرُّكُمۡ ۝٦٦

qāla afataʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yanfaʿukum shayan walā yaḍurruku

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Verses with similar phrasing (mutashabihat al-alfaz). Shared words are highlighted.

16:73 23%

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

wayaʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yamliku lahum riz'qan mina l-samāwāti wal-arḍi shayan walā yastaṭīʿūn

Those they worship beside God have no power to provide anything for them from the heavens or the earth: they can do nothing

22:12 20%

يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَـٰلُ ٱلْبَعِيدُ

yadʿū min dūni l-lahi mā lā yaḍurruhu wamā lā yanfaʿuhu dhālika huwa l-ḍalālu l-baʿīd

Instead of God, they call upon what can neither harm nor help them- that is straying far away

25:55 20%

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمْ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱلْكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرًا

wayaʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yanfaʿuhum walā yaḍurruhum wakāna l-kāfiru ʿalā rabbihi ẓahīra

Yet instead of God they worship things that can neither benefit nor harm them: the disbeliever has always turned his back on his Lord

5:76 18%

قُلْ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا ۚ وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

qul ataʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yamliku lakum ḍarran walā nafʿan wal-lahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīm

Say, ‘How can you worship something other than God, that has no power to do you harm or good? God alone is the All Hearing and All Knowing.’

10:106 18%

وَلَا تَدْعُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكَ وَلَا يَضُرُّكَ ۖ فَإِن فَعَلْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذًا مِّنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

walā tadʿu min dūni l-lahi mā lā yanfaʿuka walā yaḍurruka fa-in faʿalta fa-innaka idhan mina l-ẓālimīn

do not pray to any other [god] that can neither benefit nor harm you: if you do, you will be one of the evildoers