Az-Zukhruf 43:21 ام اتيناهم كتابا من قبله فهم به مستمسكون ٢١
أَمۡ
ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ
كِتَٰبٗا
مِّن
قَبۡلِهِۦ
فَهُم
بِهِۦ
مُسۡتَمۡسِكُونَ
٢١
Or have We given them a Book ˹for proof˺, before this ˹Quran˺, to which they are holding firm?
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Or have We given them a book before it [i.e., the Qur’ān] to which they are adhering?
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Idolators have no Proof
Allah condemns the idolators for worshipping others instead of Allah with no evidence or proof for doing so.
أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَهُمْ كِتَباً مِّن قَبْلِهِ
(Or have We given them any Book before this) means, before their idolatry.
فَهُم بِهِ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ
(to which they are holdin
…The Idolators have no Proof
Allah condemns the idolators for worshipping others instead of Allah with no evidence or proof for doing so.
أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَه
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