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13 Jumada al-awwal 1448 AH Saturday, 24 October 2026
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An-Nahl 16:35

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وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ نَّحْنُ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ فَهَلْ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

And those who associate others with Allāh say, "If Allāh had willed, we would not have worshipped anything other than Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything through other than Him." Thus did those do before them. So is there upon the messengers except [the duty of] clear notification?

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى عن اغترار المشركين بما هم فيه من الشرك واعتذارهم محتجين بالقدر ، في قولهم : ( لو شاء الله ما عبدنا من دونه من شيء نحن ولا آباؤنا ولا حرمنا من دونه من شيء ) أي : من البحائر والسوائب والوصائل وغير ذلك ، مما كانوا ابتدعوه واخترعوه من تلقاء أنفسهم ، ما لم ينزل الله به سلطانا .ومضمون كلامهم : أنه لو كان تعالى كارها لما فعلنا لأنكره علينا بالعقوبة ولما مكنا منه . قال الله رادا عليهم شبهتهم : ( فهل على الرسل إلا البلاغ المبين ) أي : ليس الأمر كما تزعمون أنه لم يعيره عليكم ولم ينكره ، بل قد أنكره عليكم أشد الإنكار ، ونهاكم عنه آكد النهي ،

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