Tafsir for verse: 34:42
فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ لَا يَمۡلِكُ بَعۡضُكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٖ نَّفۡعٗا وَلَا ضَرّٗا وَنَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ٤٢ ﴿42﴾
42So, you have no power today to benefit or harm one another, and We will say to the wrongdoers, “Taste the punishment of the Fire that you used to deny.”
AI-Assisted Translation: This translation was produced by AI agents carefully trained over several months and thoroughly reviewed. It does NOT replace the scholarship of traditional scholars and is intended as a step in the right direction to make classical tafsir more accessible. There may still be inaccuracies—please report them promptly so we can improve the translation quality.
Commentary
The matter on that day is for Allah alone. No one has the power to benefit or harm anyone in it, because the abode is the abode of reward and punishment, and the one who rewards and punishes is Allah. Its state is contrary to the state of this world, which is the abode of obligation, where people are left to interact with one another, causing harm and seeking benefit. The intended meaning is that on that day, there is no one who can harm or benefit except Him alone. Then He mentioned the punishment of the wrongdoers by saying, 'And We will say to those who wronged,' which is connected to 'no one has the power.'
Explore Other Scholars on This Verse
Compare different scholarly perspectives on Surah Saba verse 42
Al-ZamakhshariAbū al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar al-Zamakhsharī
2124 / 2978