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An-Nahl (The Bee)

Verse 35of 128

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍۢ نَّحْنُ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍۢ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ فَهَلْ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ﴿٣٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And those who associate others with Allah say, "If Allah had willed, we would not have worshipped anything other than Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything through other than Him." Thus did those do before them. So is there upon the messengers except [the duty of] clear notification?

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
أَشْرَكُوا۟ashrakūassociate partners (with Allah)
لَوْlawIf
شَآءَshāaAllah (had) willed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (had) willed
مَاnot
عَبَدْنَاʿabadnāwe (would) have worshipped
مِنminother than Him
دُونِهِۦdūnihiother than Him
مِنminany
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
نَّحْنُnaḥnuwe
وَلَآwalāand not
ءَابَآؤُنَاābāunāour forefathers
وَلَاwalāand not
حَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāwe (would) have forbidden
مِنminother than Him
دُونِهِۦdūnihiother than Him
مِنminanything
شَىْءٍۢ ۚshayinanything
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
فَعَلَfaʿaladid
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
مِنmin(were) before them
قَبْلِهِمْ ۚqablihim(were) before them
فَهَلْfahalThen is (there)
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلرُّسُلِl-rusulithe messengers
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghuthe conveyance
ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuclear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Idolators Argument that their Shirk was Divinely decreed, and the Refutation of this ClaimAllah tells us about the idolators delusion over their Shirk, and the excuse they claimed for it based on the idea that it is ordained by divine decree.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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