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Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)

Verse 18of 89

أَوَمَن يُنَشَّؤُا۟ فِى ٱلْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍۢ﴿١٨

Translation (Sahih International)

So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allah]?

Word-by-word meaning

أَوَمَنawamanThen (is one) who
يُنَشَّؤُا۟yunasha-uis brought up
فِىin
ٱلْحِلْيَةِl-ḥil'yatiornaments
وَهُوَwahuwaand he
فِىin
ٱلْخِصَامِl-khiṣāmithe dispute
غَيْرُghayru(is) not
مُبِينٍۢmubīninclear

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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