( وما ظلمناهم ) بالعذاب والهلاك ، ( ولكن ظلموا أنفسهم ) بالكفر والمعصية . ( فما أغنت عنهم آلهتهم التي يدعون من دون الله من شيء لما جاء أمر ربك ) عذاب ربك ، ( وما زادوهم غير تتبيب ) أي : غير تخسير ، وقيل : تدمير .
I did not wrong them by afflicting them with destruction, but they wronged their own souls by bringing them to the point of destruction when they disbelieved in Allah. The gods they used to worship besides Allah did not push back the punishment that came down on them when the command of your Lord, O Messenger, came for their destruction. These gods of theirs only increased them in loss and destruction.