Surah Yunus Ayat 18 Translation Tafseer

Para 11 - یَعْتَذِرُوْنَ

سورة يونس

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

10.18

وَ یَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ مَا لَا یَضُرُّهُمْ وَ لَا یَنْفَعُهُمْ وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ شُفَعَآؤُنَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِؕ-قُلْ اَتُنَبِّــٴُـوْنَ اللّٰهَ بِمَا لَا یَعْلَمُ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ لَا فِی الْاَرْضِؕ-سُبْحٰنَهٗ وَ تَعٰلٰى عَمَّا یُشْرِكُوْنَ(18)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

They (the polytheists) worship ˹entities˺ alongside Allah; ˹entities˺ which can neither harm nor benefit them, and they say, “These (idols) are our intercessors in the Court of Allah.”[1] Say, “Do you relate to Allah that which He does not know in the heavens and in the earth?” Pure is He, and Exalted above their polytheism. Exalted above their polytheism.

Commentary

[1]

Polytheists resorted to idolatry with the hope of intercession. They were wrong in both the idolatry and intercession. The former is an act of polytheism while the latter was utter ignorance as the idols were not granted intercessor-status. This became the difference between the polytheists and the Muslims; the Muslims consider the noble prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـسَّـلَام, saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـه, and pious people as intercessors but do not worship them. Furthermore, these noble figures, believed to be intercessors by Muslims, have been granted this status by Allah Almighty, as established in the Quran and Hadith. So, both polytheists' actions, polytheism, and misplaced intercession, were wrong, whereas Muslims adopted the correct creed of intercession as their Lord commanded.

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