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
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Nous avons envoyé dans chaque communauté un Messager, [pour leur dire] : "Adorez Allah et écartez-vous du Rebelle (Tâghût) ! Alors Allah en guida certains, mais il y en eut qui ont été destinés à l’égarement. Parcourez donc la terre, et regardez quelle furent la fin de ceux qui traitaient [Nos Messagers] de menteurs ! 1
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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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