An-Nahl 16:36 ولقد بعثنا في كل امة رسولا ان اعبدوا الله واجتنبوا الطاغوت فمنهم من هدى الله ومنهم من حقت عليه الضلالة فسيروا في الارض فانظروا كيف كان عاقبة المكذبين ٣٦
وَلَقَدۡ
بَعَثۡنَا
فِي
كُلِّ
أُمَّةٖ
رَّسُولًا
أَنِ
ٱعۡبُدُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
وَٱجۡتَنِبُواْ
ٱلطَّٰغُوتَۖ
فَمِنۡهُم
مَّنۡ
هَدَى
ٱللَّهُ
وَمِنۡهُم
مَّنۡ
حَقَّتۡ
عَلَيۡهِ
ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُۚ
فَسِيرُواْ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
فَٱنظُرُواْ
كَيۡفَ
كَانَ
عَٰقِبَةُ
ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
٣٦
We surely sent a messenger to every community, saying, “Worship Allah and shun false gods.” But some of them were guided by Allah, while others were destined to stray. So travel throughout the land and see the fate of the deniers!
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allāh and avoid ṭāghūt."1 And among them were those whom Allāh guided, and among them were those upon whom error was [deservedly] decreed. So proceed [i.e., travel] through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.
— Saheeh International
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Idolators Argument that their Shirk was Divinely decreed, and the Refutation of this Claim
Allah tells us about the idolators delusion over their Shirk, and the excuse they claimed for it based on the idea that it is ordained by divine decree. He says:
لَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِن دُونِهِ
…The Idolators Argument that their Shirk was Divinely decreed, and the Refutation of this Claim
Allah tells us about the idolators delusion over their S
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