المائدة
Al-Ma'idah
Surah 5
Verse 77
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
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5:77
قُلْ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا ۚ وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
Say, ‘Will you worship beside Allah that which has no power to do you harm or good?’ And it is Allah Who is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
English - Five Volume Translation
Say, [a]will you worship beside Allah that which has no power to do you harm or good? And it is Allah Who is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.[707]
6:72; 10:107; 21:67; 22:13.
Commentary:
Jesus, who is looked upon as God, had no power to do either harm or good to any person. He could not, rather cannot, hear prayers nor does he know the needs of men that he may satisfy them; for it is Allah alone Who is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
English - Short Commentary Translation
Say, [b]‘Will you worship beside Allah that which has no power to do you harm or good?’[781] And Allah—He is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
6:72; 10:107; 21:67; 22:13.
Jesus possessed no power to do good or harm to any person. He could not hear prayer, nor was he conversant with the needs of men that he could satisfy them. These are all Divine prerogatives.