Surah Yasin ayat 75 Tafsir Quran 36:75

﴿لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌ مُّحْضَرُونَ﴾
[ يس: 75]

36:75 They are not able to help them, and they [themselves] are for them soldiers in attendance.

They their gods cannot help them — they are being treated as though they were rational beings — and they their idol gods are their host as they claim their supporters ever-present but in the Fire together with them.

When in fact the false gods have no power to be of avail to them ever, not to mention their total inability to afford them help. On the contrary it is the infidels who afford them protection and round about them they are garrisoned like a camp of faithful soldiery

The gods of the Idolators are not able to help Them Allah denounces the idolators for taking the idols as gods alongside Allah, hoping that those gods will help them and provide for them and bring them closer to Allah.
Allah says: لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ ( They cannot help them, ) meaning, those gods cannot help their worshippers; they are too weak, too insignificant and too powerless.
Rather they cannot even help themselves or take revenge on those who want to harm them, because they are inanimate and can neither hear nor comprehend.
Allah's saying: وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌ مٌّحْضَرُونَ ( but they will be brought forward as a troop. ) means, at the time of Reckoning according to the view of Mujahid.
This means that those idols will be gathered together and will be present when their worshippers are brought to account, as this will add to their grief and will be more effective in establishing proof against them.
Qatadah said: لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ ( They cannot help them, ) means the gods. وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌ مٌّحْضَرُونَ ( but they will be brought forward as a troop. ) "The idolators used to get angry for the sake of their gods in this world, but they could not do them any benefit or protect them from any harm, for they were merely idols." This was also the view of Al-Hasan Al-Basri.
This is a good opinion, and was the view favored by Ibn Jarir, may Allah have mercy on him. Consolation for the Mercy to the Worlds فَلاَ يَحْزُنكَ قَوْلُهُمْ ( So, let not their speech then grieve you. ) means, `their denying you and their disbelief in Allah.' إِنَّا نَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ( Verily, We know what they conceal and what they reveal. ) means, `We know everything about them, and We will punish them for their false claims and deal with them accordingly on the Day when none of their deeds, great or small, major or minor, will be overlooked, and every deed they did throughout their worldly lives will be laid open for examination.'

(36:75) Those deities can render them no help. Yet these devotees act as though they were an army in waiting for them. *62

They are not able to help them, meaning

*62) That is, the poor false gods themselves are dependent upon their worshippers for their survival and their safety and their needs.
But for their multitudes they could not survive as gods even for a day.
These people are behaving as their humble servants.
They are setting up and decorating their shrines; they carry out propaganda for them; they fight and quarrel with others for their sake.
Then only arc thay recognized as gods.
They are not the teal God, Who, whether someone recognizes Him or not, is ruling over the whole universe by His own might and authority.

 

The gods of the Idolators are not able to help Them Allah denounces the idolators for taking the idols as gods alongside Allah, hoping that those gods will help them and provide for them and bring them closer to Allah.
Allah says: لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ ( They cannot help them, ) meaning, those gods cannot help their worshippers; they are too weak, too insignificant and too powerless.
Rather they cannot even help themselves or take revenge on those who want to harm them, because they are inanimate and can neither hear nor comprehend.
Allah's saying: وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌ مٌّحْضَرُونَ ( but they will be brought forward as a troop. ) means, at the time of Reckoning according to the view of Mujahid.
This means that those idols will be gathered together and will be present when their worshippers are brought to account, as this will add to their grief and will be more effective in establishing proof against them.
Qatadah said: لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ ( They cannot help them, ) means the gods. وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌ مٌّحْضَرُونَ ( but they will be brought forward as a troop. ) "The idolators used to get angry for the sake of their gods in this world, but they could not do them any benefit or protect them from any harm, for they were merely idols." This was also the view of Al-Hasan Al-Basri.
This is a good opinion, and was the view favored by Ibn Jarir, may Allah have mercy on him. Consolation for the Mercy to the Worlds فَلاَ يَحْزُنكَ قَوْلُهُمْ ( So, let not their speech then grieve you. ) means, `their denying you and their disbelief in Allah.' إِنَّا نَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ( Verily, We know what they conceal and what they reveal. ) means, `We know everything about them, and We will punish them for their false claims and deal with them accordingly on the Day when none of their deeds, great or small, major or minor, will be overlooked, and every deed they did throughout their worldly lives will be laid open for examination.'

( It is not in their power to help them ) the idols are unable to save them from Allah’s chastisement; ( but they ) i.e. the disbelievers of Mecca ( are unto them ) in falsehood ( a host in arms ) like slaves standing before the idols.

They cannot help them, but they will be brought forward as a troop against those who worshipped them (at the time of Reckoning).

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