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قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ شُرَكَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌۭ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ كِتَٰبًۭا فَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَتٍۢ مِّنْهُ ۚ بَلْ إِن يَعِدُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا إِلَّا غُرُورًا﴿٤٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "Have you considered your 'partners' whom you invoke besides Allah? Show me what they have created from the earth, or have they partnership [with Him] in the heavens? Or have We given them a book so they are [standing] on evidence therefrom? [No], rather, the wrongdoers do not promise each other except delusion."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumHave you seen
شُرَكَآءَكُمُshurakāakumuyour partners
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
تَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou call
مِنminbesides
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
أَرُونِىarūnīShow Me
مَاذَاmādhāwhat
خَلَقُوا۟khalaqūthey have created
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
أَمْamor
لَهُمْlahumfor them
شِرْكٌۭshir'kun(is) a share
فِىin
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
أَمْamOr
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْātaynāhumhave We given them
كِتَـٰبًۭاkitābana Book
فَهُمْfahumso they
عَلَىٰʿalā(are) on
بَيِّنَتٍۢbayyinatina clear proof
مِّنْهُ ۚmin'hutherefrom
بَلْbalNay
إِنinnot
يَعِدُyaʿidupromise
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers
بَعْضُهُمbaʿḍuhumsome of them
بَعْضًاbaʿḍan(to) others
إِلَّاillāexcept
غُرُورًاghurūrandelusion

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Helplessness of the false gods and the Power of AllahAllah tells His Messenger to say to the idolators:أَرَءَيْتُمْ شُرَكَآءَكُمُ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ(Have you considered your partners whom you call upon besides Allah) the idols and rivals.أَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقُواْ مِنَ الاٌّرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِى السَّمَـوَتِ(Show Me what they have created of the earth.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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