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وَحَآجَّهُۥ قَوْمُهُۥ ۚ قَالَ أَتُحَٰٓجُّوٓنِّى فِى ٱللَّهِ وَقَدْ هَدَىٰنِ ۚ وَلَآ أَخَافُ مَا تُشْرِكُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ رَبِّى شَيْـًۭٔا ۗ وَسِعَ رَبِّى كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا ۗ أَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ﴿٨٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And his people argued with him. He said, "Do you argue with me concerning Allah while He has guided me? And I fear not what you associate with Him [and will not be harmed] unless my Lord should will something. My Lord encompasses all things in knowledge; then will you not remember?

Word-by-word meaning

وَحَآجَّهُۥwaḥājjahuAnd argued with him
قَوْمُهُۥ ۚqawmuhuhis people
قَالَqālaHe said
أَتُحَـٰٓجُّوٓنِّىatuḥājjūnnīDo you argue with me
فِىconcerning
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَقَدْwaqadwhile certainly
هَدَىٰنِ ۚhadāniHe has guided me
وَلَآwalāAnd not
أَخَافُakhāfu(do) I fear
مَاwhat
تُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūnayou associate
بِهِۦٓbihiwith Him
إِلَّآillāunless
أَنan[that]
يَشَآءَyashāawills
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
شَيْـًۭٔا ۗshayananything
وَسِعَwasiʿaEncompasses
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
كُلَّkullaevery
شَىْءٍshayinthing
عِلْمًا ۗʿil'man(in) knowledge
أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
تَتَذَكَّرُونَtatadhakkarūnayou take heed

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

أَتُحَاجُّونِّى فِى اللَّهِ وَقَدْ هَدَانِى(Do you dispute with me about Allah while He has guided me). The Ayah means, do you argue with me about Allah, other than Whom there is no god worthy of worship, while He has guided me to the Truth and made me aware of it Therefore, how can I ever consider your misguided statements and false doubts Ibrahim said next, وَلاَ أَخَافُ مَا تُشْرِكُونَ بِهِ إِلاَّ أَن يَشَآءَ رَبِّى شَيْئاً(and I fear not those whom you associate with Allah in worship.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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