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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Ar-Ra'd 13:14

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لَهُۥ دَعْوَةُ ٱلْحَقِّ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَجِيبُونَ لَهُم بِشَىْءٍ إِلَّا كَبَـٰسِطِ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى ٱلْمَآءِ لِيَبْلُغَ فَاهُ وَمَا هُوَ بِبَـٰلِغِهِۦ ۚ وَمَا دُعَآءُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ

To Him [alone] is the supplication of truth. And those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with a thing, except as one who stretches his hands toward water [from afar, calling it] to reach his mouth, but it will not reach it [thus]. And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error [i.e., futility].

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

لله سبحانه وتعالى وحده دعوة التوحيد (لا إله إلا الله) ، فلا يُعبد ولا يُدعى إلا هو، والآلهة التي يعبدونها من دون الله لا تجيب دعاء مَن دعاها، وحالهم معها كحال عطشان يمد يده إلى الماء من بعيد; ليصل إلى فمه فلا يصل إليه، وما سؤال الكافرين لها إلا غاية في البعد عن الصواب لإشراكهم بالله غيره.

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