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Al-Ankabut (The Spider)

Verse 61of 69

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ﴿٦١﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

If you asked them, "Who created the heavens and earth and subjected the sun and the moon?" they would surely say, "Allah." Then how are they deluded?

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
سَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumyou ask them
مَّنْmanWho
خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
وَسَخَّرَwasakharaand subjected
ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sun
وَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moon
لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnaSurely they would say
ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah
فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāThen how
يُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūnaare they deluded

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Evidences of TawhidAllah states that there is no God but He. The idolators who worshipped others besides Him recognized that He was the sole creator of the heavens and earth, the sun and the moon, alternating the night and day. They acknowledged that He was the Creator Who provided for His servants and decreed how long they should live.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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