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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

An-Nahl 16:86

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وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ شُرَكَآءَهُمْ قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ شُرَكَآؤُنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كُنَّا نَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِكَ ۖ فَأَلْقَوْا۟ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ إِنَّكُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ

And when those who associated others with Allāh see their "partners," they will say, "Our Lord, these are our partners [to You] whom we used to invoke [in worship] besides You." But they will throw at them the statement, "Indeed, you are liars."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وإذا أبصر المشركون يوم القيامة آلهتهم التي عبدوها مع الله، قالوا: ربنا هؤلاء شركاؤنا الذين كنا نعبدهم مِن دونك، فنطقَتِ الآلهة بتكذيب مَن عبدوها، وقالت: إنكم -أيها المشركون- لَكاذبون، حين جعلتمونا شركاء لله وعبدتمونا معه، فلم نأمركم بذلك، ولا زعمنا أننا مستحقون للألوهية، فاللوم عليكم.

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