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Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey ) 17 : 56

قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ ٱلضُّرِّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًا

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Say, "Invoke those you have claimed [as gods] besides Him, for they do not possess the [ability for] removal of adversity from you or [for its] transfer [to someone else]."

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(17:56:1)
quli
Say
(17:56:2)
id'ʿū
Call
(17:56:3)
alladhīna
those whom
(17:56:4)
zaʿamtum
you claimed
(17:56:5)
(17:56:6)
dūnihi
besides Him
(17:56:7)
(17:56:8)
yamlikūna
they have power
(17:56:9)
kashfa
(to) remove
(17:56:10)
l-ḍuri
the misfortunes
(17:56:11)
(17:56:12)
(17:56:13)
taḥwīlan
(to) transfer (it)

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Explanatory Note

This passage, which begins with a definitive negation of the concept of God having a son or partner before calling on people to turn to God alone in all situations, concludes with a challenge to those who associate partners with God. The challenge is simply that they should call on those partners to remove any harm that befalls them, should God decide to punish them, or that they should divert His punishment to others:

“Say: ‘Call on those whom you claim (to be gods] besides Him, but they have no power to remove any affliction from you, nor can they shift it.’” (Verse 56)

No one can remove hardship or change its nature or recipient except God Himself. He alone is in control of the destinies of all creation.

 

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The very first verse indicates that this Surah was revealed on the occasion of the ascension (Mi’raj). According to the narrations (hadith) on the life of the Prophet, this event happened one year before migration (Hijrah). Thus this Surah was revealed in the last stage of Prophethood in Makkah.

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The Prophet had been propagating Monotheism (Tawhid) for twelve years now. In spite of all the opposition, Islam had spread to every corner of Arabia and there was hardly a clan which had not been influenced by the invitation. In Makkah itself, the true Believers had formed themselves into a small community.  A large number of the people from the Aws and Khazraj tribes (two influential clans of Madinah) had also now accepted Islam. Thus the time had come for the Muslims to emigrate from Makkah to Madinah, at behest of the Aws and Khazraj to establish an Islamic state.

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