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وَنَزَعْنَا مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍۢ شَهِيدًۭا فَقُلْنَا هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَٰنَكُمْ فَعَلِمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱلْحَقَّ لِلَّهِ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ﴿٧٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And We will extract from every nation a witness and say, "Produce your proof," and they will know that the truth belongs to Allah, and lost from them is that which they used to invent.

Word-by-word meaning

وَنَزَعْنَاwanazaʿnāAnd We will draw forth
مِنminfrom
كُلِّkullievery
أُمَّةٍۢummatinnation
شَهِيدًۭاshahīdana witness
فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nāand We will say
هَاتُوا۟hātūBring
بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْbur'hānakumyour proof
فَعَلِمُوٓا۟faʿalimūThen they will know
أَنَّannathat
ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
لِلَّهِlillahi(is) for Allah
وَضَلَّwaḍallaand (will be) lost
عَنْهُمʿanhumfrom them
مَّاwhat
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnainvent

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Rebuking the IdolatorsThis is another call by way of rebuke for those who worshipped other gods besides Allah. The Lord, may He be exalted, will call to them before all the witnesses, and will say:أَيْنَ شُرَكَآئِىَ الَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ(Where are My (so-called) partners, whom you used to assert) meaning, in this world.وَنَزَعْنَا مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيداً(And We shall take out from every nation a witness,) Mujahid said, "This means a Messenger.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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