Surah 35. Fatir, Ayah 14
| إِنْ تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا مَا اسْتَجَابُوا لَكُمْ ۖ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَكْفُرُونَ بِشِرْكِكُمْ ۚ وَلَا يُنَبِّئُكَ مِثْلُ خَبِيرٍ |
| Transliteration | : | 'in tadcon -hum laa yasmaco ducaa' -kum wa- law samico maa istajaabo la- -kum wa- yawm al- qiyaamah yakfuron bi- shirk -kum wa- laa yunabbi' -ka mithl khaber |
| Pickthall | : | If ye pray unto them they hear not your prayer, and if they heard they could not grant it you. On the Day of Resurrection they will disown association with you. None can inform you like Him Who is Aware. |
| Asad | : | If you invoke them, they do not hear your call; and even if they could hear, they would not [be able to] respond to you. And [withal,] on the Day of Resurrection they will utterly disown your having associated them with God.13 And none can make thee understand [the truth] like the One who is all-aware. |
| Malik | : | If you pray to them they cannot hear your prayers and even if they could hear you they could not answer you. On the Day of Resurrection they will deny your associating them with Allah. O mankind! None can inform you about all this except the One Who is All-Aware. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | If ye invoke them they will not listen to your call and if they were to listen they cannot answer your (prayer). On the Day of Judgement they will reject your "Partnership." And none (O man!) can tell thee (the Truth) like the One Who is acquainted with all things. 3895 3896 3897 |
Note - 13The Qur'an states in many places that all false objects
of worship - whether saints, angels, relics, fetishes, or
deified forces of nature - will bear witness against
their one-time worshippers on Resurrection Day, and will
"disown" them: a symbolic allusion to man's perception,
at the end of time, of the ultimate reality.
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Note - 3895False or imaginary objects of worship serve no purpose
whatever. They cannot hear; if they could hear, they
could not grant prayers or petitions. In fact, if they
are real creatures, such as angels or deified human
beings, they will very rightly repudiate any such worship
as brings them into competition or "partnership" with
Allah. See next note.
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Note - 3896Cf. x. 28 and n. 1418; also xxxiv. 40-41. No false ideas
or false impressions will remain when true values are
restored. Why not then accept the Truth now in this life,
and get on to the true path of Grace?
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Note - 3897None can tell you the Truth better than He Who is
All-Wise and All-knowing. Why not accept His Message and
receive His guidance?
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The Qur'an states in many places that all false objects of worship - whether saints, angels, relics, fetishes, or deified forces of nature - will bear witness against their one-time worshippers on Resurrection Day, and will "disown" them: a symbolic allusion to man's perception, at the end of time, of the ultimate reality. |
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False or imaginary objects of worship serve no purpose whatever. They cannot hear; if they could hear, they could not grant prayers or petitions. In fact, if they are real creatures, such as angels or deified human beings, they will very rightly repudiate any such worship as brings them into competition or "partnership" with Allah. See next note. |
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Cf. x. 28 and n. 1418; also xxxiv. 40-41. No false ideas or false impressions will remain when true values are restored. Why not then accept the Truth now in this life, and get on to the true path of Grace? |
