Az-Zújruf 43:20 وقالوا لو شاء الرحمان ما عبدناهم ما لهم بذالك من علم ان هم الا يخرصون ٢٠
وَقَالُواْ
لَوۡ
شَآءَ
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ
مَا
عَبَدۡنَٰهُمۗ
مَّا
لَهُم
بِذَٰلِكَ
مِنۡ
عِلۡمٍۖ
إِنۡ
هُمۡ
إِلَّا
يَخۡرُصُونَ
٢٠
("Ah!") they say, "If it had been the will of (Allah) Most Gracious, we should not have worshipped such (deities)!" Of that they have no knowledge! they do nothing but lie!
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Condemnation of the Idolators' attribution of Offspring to Allah
Here Allah speaks of the lies and fabrications of the idolators, when they devoted some of their cattle to their false gods and some to Allah, as He described in Surat Al-An`am where He said:
وَجَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ مِمَّا ذَرَأَ مِنَ الْح
…Condemnation of the Idolators' attribution of Offspring to Allah
Here Allah speaks of the lies and fabrications of the idolators, when they devoted so
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