The Holy Quran 12:40 — Surah Yusuf

Arabic text

مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءً سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ إِنِ ٱلْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ ۚ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْقَيِّمُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Translation

"Besides Him, you worship only names that you and your forefathers have named without any revealed authority from Allaah. Decisions rest only with Allaah (This is the rule). He has commanded that only He be worshipped. This is the right Deen, but most people (the Kuffaar) do not know it."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, you have simply invented certain names without any authority or basis, behind which there is not an atom of reality, and you are worshipping these gods that exist in name only. A person ought to be ashamed of such ignorance.

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