The Holy Quran 34:22 — Surah Saba

Arabic text

قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِيهِمَا مِن شِرْكٍ وَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْهُم مِّن ظَهِيرٍ

Translation

Say, "Call those (gods) whom you worship besides Allaah (to assist you in any way in this world or in the Aakhirah). (However, they are unable to assist you in the least because) They have no control over (even) an atom's weight in the heavens or in the earth. (Let alone having complete power over anything,) They do not even share any partnership in the two, and none of them are assistants to Allaah (because He needs none to assist Him in anything)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

A warning to the idolaters of Makkah: from here on the address is to the mushrikun (idolaters) of Makkah, for whose warning the story of “Saba” was told. That is, just call upon those things besides Allah which you suppose to be divine in some hour of difficulty, and let us see what use they will be.

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