Ya-Sin 36:74 واتخذوا من دون الله الهة لعلهم ينصرون ٧٤
وَٱتَّخَذُواْ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ
ءَالِهَةٗ
لَّعَلَّهُمۡ
يُنصَرُونَ
٧٤
Yet they take (for worship) gods other than Allah, (hoping) that they might be helped!
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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 go
…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
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