Surah Yasin Tafseer

أَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِ الِهَةً

Shall I take besides Him gods!

This is a rhetorical question intended to rebuke and chastise.

إِن يُرِدْنِ الرَّحْمَن بِضُرٍّ لاَّ تُغْنِ عَنِّي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْيًا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ

If the Most Gracious intends me any harm, their intercession will be of no use for me whatsoever, nor can they save me.

means, `these gods whom you worship instead of Him possess no power whatsoever, if Allah wills me some harm,'

فَلَ كَـشِفَ لَهُ إِلاَّ هُوَ

none can remove it but He. (6:17)

`These idols can neither cause any harm nor bring any benefit, and they cannot save me from the predicament I am in.'

إِنِّي إِذًا لَّفِي ضَلَلٍ مُّبِينٍ