Al-Furqan 25:3
The Criterion · Meccan · Juz 18 · Page 360
Gods That Cannot Create
وَٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةࣰ لَّا يَخۡلُقُونَ شَيۡـࣰٔا وَهُمۡ يُخۡلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمۡلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمۡ ضَرࣰّا وَلَا نَفۡعࣰا وَلَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مَوۡتࣰا وَلَا حَيَوٰةࣰ وَلَا نُشُورࣰا ٣
Yet they choose beside Him other gods who create naught but are themselves created, and possess not hurt nor profit for themselves, and possess not death nor life, nor power to raise the dead.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
They have taken besides Him gods that create nothing while they are created.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, they left the Creator of all and worshipped things that create nothing and are themselves continually created.
Reflect
Seek no help from what is itself in need.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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