Surah Ghafir Tafseer

لَاا جَرَمَ أَنَّمَا تَدْعُونَنِي إِلَيْهِ

La Jarama, you call me to one,

They say it means, "Truly."

As-Suddi and Ibn Jarir said that the meaning of His saying:

لَاا جَرَمَ

(La jarama) means "Truly."

Ad-Dahhak said:

لَاا جَرَمَ

(La Jarama) means, "No lie."

Ali bin Abi Talhah and Ibn Abbas said:

لَاا جَرَمَ

(La Jarama) means, "Indeed, the one that you call me to of idols and false gods

لَيْسَ لَهُ دَعْوَةٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَا فِي الاْخِرَةِ

that does not have a claim in this world or in the Hereafter."

Mujahid said, "The idols that do not have anything."

Qatadah said,

"This means that idols possess no power either to benefit or to harm."

As-Suddi said,

"They do not respond to those who call upon them, either in this world or in the Hereafter."

This is like the Ayah:

وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدْعُو مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَن لاَّ يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَـمَةِ وَهُمْ عَن دُعَأيِهِمْ غَـفِلُونَ

وَإِذَا حُشِرَ النَّاسُ كَانُواْ لَهُمْ أَعْدَاءً وَكَانُواْ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ كَـفِرِينَ

And who is more astray than one who calls on besides Allah, such as will not answer him till the Day of Resurrection, and who are unaware of their calls to them And when the people are gathered, they will become their enemies and deny their worship. (46:5-6)

إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُواْ دُعَأءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُواْ مَا اسْتَجَابُواْ لَكُمْ

If you invoke them, they hear not your call; and if they were to hear, they could not grant it to you. (35:14)

وَأَنَّ مَرَدَّنَا إِلَى اللَّهِ

And our return will be to Allah,

means, in the Hereafter, where He will reward or punish each person according to his deeds.

He says:

وَأَنَّ الْمُسْرِفِينَ هُمْ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ

and the transgressors, they shall be the dwellers of the Fire!

meaning, they will dwell therein forever, because of their great sin, which is associating others in worship with Allah