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Verse 36of 182

وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍۢ مَّجْنُونٍۭ﴿٣٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"

Word-by-word meaning

وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say
أَئِنَّاa-innāAre we
لَتَارِكُوٓا۟latārikūto leave
ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatināour gods
لِشَاعِرٍۢlishāʿirinfor a poet
مَّجْنُونٍۭmajnūninmad

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The arguing of the Idolators on the Day of ResurrectionAllah tells us that the disbeliever will blame one another in the arena of Resurrection, just as they will argue with one another in the levels of Hell:وَإِذْ يَتَحَآجُّونَ فِى النَّـارِ فَيَقُولُ الضُّعَفَاءُ لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْـبَرُواْ إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعاً فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا نَصِيباً مِّنَ النَّارِ - قَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُواْ إِنَّا كُلٌّ فِيهَآ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ حَكَمَ بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ(The weak will say to those...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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