The Holy Quran 19:42 — Surah Maryam

Arabic text

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْـًٔا

Translation

(Mention the time) When he told his father (Aazar), "O my father! Why do you worship things (idols) that cannot hear, cannot see and cannot be of any assistance to you?"

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The call of Ibrahim ﵇ to his father: that is, even a thing that sees and hears and can be of some help in difficulties, but is not wajib al-wujud (necessarily existent), may not be worshipped; let alone a lifeless stone idol which neither hears nor sees nor is of any use to us, and which has been carved by our own hands.

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