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

Al-Anbya 21:59

Word by word

قَالُوا۟ مَن فَعَلَ هَـٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

( قالوا من فعل هذا بآلهتنا إنه لمن الظالمين ) أي : حين رجعوا وشاهدوا ما فعله الخليل بأصنامهم من الإهانة والإذلال الدال على عدم إلهيتها ، وعلى سخافة عقول عابديها ( قالوا من فعل هذا بآلهتنا إنه لمن الظالمين ) أي : في صنيعه هذا .

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