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Verse 33of 43

أَفَمَنْ هُوَ قَآئِمٌ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ ۗ وَجَعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ قُلْ سَمُّوهُمْ ۚ أَمْ تُنَبِّـُٔونَهُۥ بِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَم بِظَٰهِرٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ ۗ بَلْ زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مَكْرُهُمْ وَصُدُّوا۟ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۗ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْ هَادٍۢ﴿٣٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Then is He who is a maintainer of every soul, [knowing] what it has earned, [like any other]? But to Allah they have attributed partners. Say, "Name them. Or do you inform Him of that which He knows not upon the earth or of what is apparent of speech?" Rather, their [own] plan has been made attractive to those who disbelieve, and they have been averted from the way. And whomever Allah leaves astray - there will be for him no guide.

Word-by-word meaning

أَفَمَنْafamanIs then He Who
هُوَhuwa(He)
قَآئِمٌqāimun(is) a Maintainer
عَلَىٰʿalāof
كُلِّkullievery
نَفْسٍۭnafsinsoul
بِمَاbimāfor what
كَسَبَتْ ۗkasabatit has earned
وَجَعَلُوا۟wajaʿalūYet they ascribe
لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
شُرَكَآءَshurakāapartners
قُلْqulSay
سَمُّوهُمْ ۚsammūhumName them
أَمْamOr
تُنَبِّـُٔونَهُۥtunabbiūnahu(do) you inform Him
بِمَاbimāof what
لَاnot
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
أَمamor
بِظَـٰهِرٍۢbiẓāhirinof the apparent
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْقَوْلِ ۗl-qawlithe words
بَلْbalNay
زُيِّنَzuyyina(is) made fair-seeming
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
مَكْرُهُمْmakruhumtheir plotting
وَصُدُّوا۟waṣuddūand they are hindered
عَنِʿanifrom
ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۗl-sabīlithe Path
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يُضْلِلِyuḍ'lili(by) Allah
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah lets go astray
فَمَاfamāthen not
لَهُۥlahufor him
مِنْminany
هَادٍۢhādinguide

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

There is no Similarity between Allah and False Deities in any RespectAllah said,أَفَمَنْ هُوَ قَآئِمٌ عَلَى كُلِّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ(Is then He (Allah) Who takes charge of every person and knows all that he has earned) Allah is the guard and watcher over every living soul and knows what everyone does, whether good or evil, and nothing ever escapes His perfect observation.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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