Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان) • The Criterion

Quran 25:55

25:55

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمْ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱلْكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرًا

wayaʿbudūna min dūni l-lahi mā lā yanfaʿuhum walā yaḍurruhum wakāna l-kāfiru ʿalā rabbihi ẓahīran

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].

— Saheeh International

Yet instead of God they worship things that can neither benefit nor harm them: the disbeliever has always turned his back on his Lord.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they (disbelievers, polytheists) worship besides Allâh that which can neither profit them nor harm them; and the disbeliever is ever a helper (of the Satan) against his Lord.

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

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وَيَعْبُدُونَwayaʿbudūnaBut they worship
مِنminbesides Allah
دُونِdūnibesides Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahibesides Allah
مَاmāwhat
لَاlānot profits them
يَنفَعُهُمْyanfaʿuhumnot profits them
وَلَاwalāand not
يَضُرُّهُمْۗyaḍurruhumharms them
وَكَانَwakānaand is
ٱلْكَافِرُl-kāfiruthe disbeliever
عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
رَبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord
ظَهِيرًۭاẓahīrana helper