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Verse 41of 54

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِن دُونِهِم ۖ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ ٱلْجِنَّ ۖ أَكْثَرُهُم بِهِم مُّؤْمِنُونَ﴿٤١

Translation (Sahih International)

They will say, "Exalted are You! You, [O Allah], are our benefactor not them. Rather, they used to worship the jinn; most of them were believers in them."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
أَنتَantaYou
وَلِيُّنَاwaliyyunā(are) our Protector
مِنminnot them
دُونِهِم ۖdūnihimnot them
بَلْbalNay
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used
يَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūna(to) worship
ٱلْجِنَّ ۖl-jinathe jinn
أَكْثَرُهُمaktharuhummost of them
بِهِمbihimin them
مُّؤْمِنُونَmu'minūna(were) believers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Angels will disown Their Worshippers on the Day of ResurrectionAllah tells us that on the Day of Resurrection, He will rebuke the idolators before all of creation. He will ask the angels whom the idolators used to worship, claiming that their idols were in the form of these angels and that they could bring them nearer to Allah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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