Al-Muminoon 23:117 · The Believers · Arabic, translation, recitation

Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"Whoever prays to another god alongside Him- a god for whose existence he has no evidence- will face his reckoning with his Lord. Those who reject the truth will not prosper."

Pickthall (classic)+

"He who crieth unto any other god along with Allah hath no proof thereof. His reckoning is only with his Lord. Lo! disbelievers will not be successful."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"If anyone invokes, besides Allah, Any other god, he has no authority therefor; and his reckoning will be only with his Lord! and verily the Unbelievers will fail to win through!"

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

Shirk is the Worst form of Wrong, its Practitioner shall never succeed. Allah threatens those who associate anything else withHim and worship anything with Him. He informs that those whoassociate others with Allah:

لاَ بُرْهَانَ لَهُ

(of whom he has no proof), meaning no evidence for what he says. Then Allah says:

وَمَن يَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَـهَا ءَاخَرَ لاَ بُرْهَانَ لَهُ بِهِ

(And whoever invokes, besides Allah, any other god, of whom he has no proof;) this is a conditional sentence, whose fulfilling clause is:

فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُ عِندَ رَبِّهِ

(then his reckoning is only with his Lord.) meaning, Allah will call him to account for that. Then Allah tells us:

إِنَّهُ لاَ يُفْلِحُ الْكَـفِرُونَ

(Surely, disbelievers will not be successful.) meaning, they will not be successful with Him on the Day of Resurrection; they will not prosper or be saved.

وَقُل رَّبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ وَأنتَ خَيْرُ الرَحِمِينَ

(And say: "My Lord! Forgive and have mercy, for You are the best of those who show mercy!") Here Allah is teaching us to recite this supplication, for forgiveness, in a general sense, means wiping away sins and concealing them from people, and mercy means guiding a person and helping him to say and do good things.

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

Всякий, кто молится наряду с Аллахом другим божествам, не опираясь при этом на убедительные доводы и доказательства, которые бы подтверждали его правоту. Это правило справедливо при любых обстоятельствах. Нет и не может быть доводов в пользу поклонения кому-либо, кроме Аллаха. Напротив, любые убедительные доводы свидетельствуют о порочности и тщетности поклонения вымышленным богам. Если человек отворачивается от этих доводов, то он проявляет несправедливость и упрямство. А когда он предстанет перед своим Господом, то получит воздаяние за свои поступки. И тогда выяснится, что у него нет доли в счастливом уделе, потому что он является неверующим. А неверующие никогда не преуспеют, ибо неверие является непреодолимой преградой на пути к успеху.