Quran 25:55 — Al-Furqaan, verse 55
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Yet instead of God they worship things that can neither benefit nor harm them: the disbeliever has always turned his back on his Lord.
وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنْفَعُهُمْ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمْ ۗ وَكَانَ الْكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِ ظَهِيرًا
wayaʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yanfaʿuhum walā yaḍurruhum wakāna l-kāfiru ʿalā rabbihi ẓahīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And they serve, apart from God, what neither profits them nor hurts them; and the unbeliever is ever a partisan against his Lord.
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet, some people worship, instead of God, things that can neither benefit them nor harm them: thus, he who denies the truth does indeed turn his back on his Sustainer!
- Sahih International
- But they worship rather than Allāh that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيَعْبُدُونَwayaʿbudūna | But they worship | عبد |
| 2 | مِنmin | besides Allah | — |
| 3 | دُونِdūni | besides Allah | دون |
| 4 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | besides Allah | أله |
| 5 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 6 | لَاlā | not profits them | — |
| 7 | يَنفَعُهُمْyanfaʿuhum | not profits them | نفع |
| 8 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 9 | يَضُرُّهُمْ ۗyaḍurruhum | harms them | ضرر |
| 10 | وَكَانَwakāna | and is | كون |
| 11 | ٱلْكَافِرُl-kāfiru | the disbeliever | كفر |
| 12 | عَلَىٰʿalā | against | — |
| 13 | رَبِّهِۦrabbihi | his Lord | ربب |
| 14 | ظَهِيرًۭاẓahīran | a helper | ظهر |