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Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 51 (18:51)

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۞ مَّآ أَشْهَدتُّهُمْ خَلْقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا كُنتُ مُتَّخِذَ …

Quran 18:51 is ayah 51 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 299 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:51
۞ مَّآأَشْهَدتُّهُمْخَلْقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَلَاخَلْقَأَنفُسِهِمْوَمَاكُنتُمُتَّخِذَٱلْمُضِلِّينَعَضُدًا٥١
mā ashhadttuhum khalqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍi walā khalqa anfusihim wamā kuntu muttakhidha l-muḍilīna ʿaḍudan

I did not make them witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth or to the creation of themselves, and I would not have taken the misguiders as assistants.(51)

Word by word

  1. ۞ مَّآmāNot
  2. أَشْهَدتُّهُمْashhadttuhumI made them witness
  3. خَلْقَkhalqathe creation
  4. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
  5. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
  6. وَلَاwalāand not
  7. خَلْقَkhalqathe creation
  8. أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihim(of) themselves
  9. وَمَاwamāand not
  10. كُنتُkuntuI Am
  11. مُتَّخِذَmuttakhidhathe One to take
  12. ٱلْمُضِلِّينَl-muḍilīnathe misleaders
  13. عَضُدًاʿaḍudan(as) helper(s)

Tafsir (commentary) of 18:51

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English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

The gods of the Idolators did not witness the Creation of anything, not even Themselves

Allah says: `These whom you take as helpers instead of Me are creatures just like you. They do not possess anything and did not witness the creation of heaven and earth, because they did not exist at that time.' Allah says, `I am the One Who independently and exclusively creates and controls all things, and I have no partner, associate or advisor in that.' As Allah says:

قُلِ ادْعُواْ الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ لاَ يَمْلِكُونَ مِثُقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَلاَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِيهِمَا مِن شِرْكٍ وَمَا لَهُ مِنْهُمْ مِّن ظَهِيرٍ وَلاَ تَنفَعُ الشَّفَـعَةُ عِندَهُ إِلاَّ لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ

(Say: "Call upon those you claim besides Allah, they possess not even a speck of dust in the heavens or on the earth, nor have they any share in either, nor is there for Him any assistant among them. Intercession with Him profits not except for him whom He permits.) 34:22-23 Similarly Allah says here:

وَمَا كُنتُ مُتَّخِذَ الْمُضِلِّينَ عَضُداً

(nor did I take those who mislead as `Adudan.) Malik said: "Assistants."

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