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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
But they worship	وَيَعْبُدُونَ (wayaʿbudūna)	ع ب د	Verb V
besides Allah	مِن (min)	م ن	Prep. Prep
besides Allah	دُونِ (dūni)	د و ن	Noun Noun
besides Allah	ٱللَّهِ (l-lahi)	أ ل ه	Noun Noun
what	مَا (mā)	م ا	Noun Noun
not profits them	لَا (lā)	ل ا	Prep. Prep
not profits them	يَنفَعُهُمْ (yanfaʿuhum)	ن ف ع	Verb V
and not	وَلَا (walā)	ل ا	Prep. Prep
harms them	يَضُرُّهُمْ (yaḍurruhum)	ض ر ر	Verb V
and is	وَكَانَ (wakāna)	ك و ن	Verb V
the disbeliever	ٱلْكَافِرُ (l-kāfiru)	ك ف ر	Noun Noun
against	عَلَىٰ (ʿalā)	ع ل ي	Prep. Prep
his Lord	رَبِّهِۦ (rabbihi)	ر ب ب	Noun Noun
a helper	ظَهِيرًا (ẓahīran)	ظ ه ر	Noun Noun

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Surah: The Criterion, The Standard
Verse: 25:55
Juz: 18-19
Revelation: Meccan
Revelation Order: 42
Translations: 64
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Root Words in This Verse

عبد (عَبَدَ)
دون (دُون)
أله (اللَّه)
نفع (نَفَعَ)
ضرر (يَضُرَّ)
كون (كانَ)
كفر (كافِر)
ربب (رَبّ)
ظهر (ظَهِير)

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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

21:66 20%

قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ

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

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

22:12 17%

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

5:76 15%

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 15%

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

22:71 14%

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِۦ سُلْطَـٰنًا وَمَا لَيْسَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۗ وَمَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٍ

wayaʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lam yunazzil bihi sul'ṭānan wamā laysa lahum bihi ʿil'mun wamā lilẓẓālimīna min naṣīri

Yet beside God they serve that for which He has sent no authority and of which they have no knowledge: the evildoers will have no one to help them

10:18 13%

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

wayaʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yaḍurruhum walā yanfaʿuhum wayaqūlūna hāulāi shufaʿāunā ʿinda l-lahi qul atunabbiūna l-laha bimā lā yaʿlamu fī l-samāwāti walā fī l-arḍi sub'ḥānahu wataʿālā ʿammā yush'rikūn

They worship alongside God things that can neither harm nor benefit them, and say, ‘These are our intercessors with God.’ Say, ‘Do you think you can tell God about something He knows not to exist in the heavens or earth? Glory be to Him! He is far above the partner-gods they associate with Him

Word Analysis — The Criterion, The Standard 25:55

Abdel Haleem Word Analysis