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

Az-Zumar 39:43

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أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ شُفَعَآءَ ۚ قُلْ أَوَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Or have they taken other than Allāh as intercessors? Say, "Even though they do not possess [power over] anything, nor do they reason?"

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

أم اتخذ هؤلاء المشركون بالله من دونه آلهتهم التي يعبدونها شفعاء، تشفع لهم عند الله في حاجاتهم؟ قل -أيها الرسول- لهم: أتتخذونها شفعاء كما تزعمون، ولو كانت الآلهة لا تملك شيئا، ولا تعقل عبادتكم لها؟

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