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Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)

Verse 15of 89

وَجَعَلُوا۟ لَهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ جُزْءًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَكَفُورٌۭ مُّبِينٌ﴿١٥

Translation (Sahih International)

But they have attributed to Him from His servants a portion. Indeed, man is clearly ungrateful.

Word-by-word meaning

وَجَعَلُوا۟wajaʿalūBut they attribute
لَهُۥlahuto Him
مِنْminfrom
عِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis slaves
جُزْءًا ۚjuz'ana portion
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānaman
لَكَفُورٌۭlakafūrunsurely (is) clearly ungrateful
مُّبِينٌmubīnunsurely (is) clearly ungrateful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Condemnation of the Idolators' attribution of Offspring to AllahHere Allah speaks of the lies and fabrications of the idolators, when they devoted some of their cattle to their false gods and some to Allah, as He described in Surat Al-An`am where He said:وَجَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ مِمَّا ذَرَأَ مِنَ الْحَرْثِ وَالاٌّنْعَامِ نَصِيباً فَقَالُواْ هَـذَا لِلَّهِ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَهَـذَا لِشُرَكَآئِنَا فَمَا كَانَ لِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ فَلاَ يَصِلُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ فَهُوَ يَصِلُ إِلَى شُرَكَآئِهِمْ ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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