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Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)

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وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنَٰهُم ۗ مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ﴿٢٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but falsifying.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
لَوْlawIf
شَآءَshāahad willed
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
مَاwe would not have worshipped them
عَبَدْنَـٰهُم ۗʿabadnāhumwe would not have worshipped them
مَّاNot
لَهُمlahumthey have
بِذَٰلِكَbidhālikaabout that
مِنْminany
عِلْمٍ ۖʿil'minknowledge
إِنْinNothing
هُمْhumthey (do)
إِلَّاillābut
يَخْرُصُونَyakhruṣūnalie

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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