Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Hajj, Ayah 12

Al-Hajj · Ayah 12 · View Ayah
يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ ٱلْبَعِيدُ
He invokes instead of Allah that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(He calleth) the Banu'l-Hallaf worship others (beside Allah, unto that which hurts him not) if they do not worship them (nor benefits him) if they worshipped them. (That is the far error) far from the Truth and guidance.

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He calls on he worships besides God in the way of idols that which could not hurt him should he refrain from worshipping it and that which could not profit him if were to worship it. Such a call is extreme error from the truth.

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