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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 21of 112

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ﴿٢١

Translation (Sahih International)

Or have men taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?

Word-by-word meaning

أَمِamiOr
ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ittakhadhū(have) they taken
ءَالِهَةًۭālihatangods
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
هُمْhumthey
يُنشِرُونَyunshirūnaraise (the dead)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Refutation of false godsAllah denounces those who take other gods instead of Him:أَمِ اتَّخَذُواْ آلِهَةً مِّنَ الاٌّرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ (Or have they taken gods from the earth who raise the dead) meaning, can they bring the dead back to life and bring them forth from the earth They cannot do any of that, so how can they make them rivals to Allah and worship them alongside Him Then Allah tells us that if there were another god besides Him, the heavens and the earth would be ruined:لَوْ كَانَ فِ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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