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وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًۭٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ﴿٢٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And those they invoke other than Allah create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whom
يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invoke
مِنminbesides
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
لَاnot
يَخْلُقُونَyakhluqūnathey create
شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
وَهُمْwahumbut (are) themselves
يُخْلَقُونَyukh'laqūnacreated

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The gods of the Idolators are Created, they do not createThen Allah tells us that the idols which people call on instead of Him cannot create anything, they are themselves created, as Al-Khalil (Ibrahim) said: قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ - وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ("Do you worship that which you (yourselves) carve While Allah has created you and what you make!") (37:-96).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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