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

Az-Zukhruf 43:20

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وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنَـٰهُم ۗ مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ

And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but misjudging.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وقال هؤلاء المشركون من قريش: لو شاء الرحمن ما عبدنا أحدًا من دونه، وهذه حجة باطلة، فقد أقام الله الحجة على العباد بإرسال الرسل وإنزال الكتب، فاحتجاجهم بالقضاء والقَدَر مِن أبطل الباطل مِن بعد إنذار الرسل لهم. ما لهم بحقيقة ما يقولون مِن ذلك مِن علم، وإنما يقولونه تخرُّصًا وكذبًا؛ لأنه لا خبر عندهم من الله بذلك ولا برهان.

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