Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:66

21:66

قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ

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

He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allāh that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?

— Saheeh International

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

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

[Ibrâhîm (Abraham)] said: "Do you then worship besides Allâh, things that can neither profit you, nor harm you?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 17Page 327meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
أَفَتَعْبُدُونَafataʿbudūnaThen do you worship
مِنminbesides
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مَاmāwhat
لَاlā(does) not
يَنفَعُكُمْyanfaʿukumbenefit you
شَيْـًۭٔاshayan(in) anything
وَلَاwalāand not
يَضُرُّكُمْyaḍurrukumharms you