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وَقِيلَ ٱدْعُوا۟ شُرَكَآءَكُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُمْ وَرَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَهْتَدُونَ﴿٦٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And it will be said, "Invoke your 'partners' " and they will invoke them; but they will not respond to them, and they will see the punishment. If only they had followed guidance!

Word-by-word meaning

وَقِيلَwaqīlaAnd it will be said
ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūCall
شُرَكَآءَكُمْshurakāakumyour partners
فَدَعَوْهُمْfadaʿawhumAnd they will call them
فَلَمْfalambut not
يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟yastajībūthey will respond
لَهُمْlahumto them
وَرَأَوُا۟wara-awūand they will see
ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚl-ʿadhābathe punishment
لَوْlawIf only
أَنَّهُمْannahum[that] they
كَانُوا۟kānūhad been
يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnaguided

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Idolators and Their Partners and the Emnity between Them in the HereafterAllah informs of how He will rebuke the idolators on the Day of Resurrection, when He will call them and say:أَيْنَ شُرَكَآئِىَ الَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ("Where are My (so-called) partners whom you used to assert") meaning, `where are the gods which you used to worship in the world, the idols and rivals Can they help you or save you' This is said in the nature of a rebuke and warning, as in the Ayah,وَلَقَدْ جِئْتُم...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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