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Al-Ahqaf 46:28

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فَلَوْلَا نَصَرَهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قُرْبَانًا ءَالِهَةًۢ ۖ بَلْ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنْهُمْ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ إِفْكُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

Then why did those they took besides Allāh as deities by which to approach [Him] not aid them? But they had strayed [i.e., departed] from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were inventing.

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أي : فهلا نصروهم عند احتياجهم إليهم ، ( بل ضلوا عنهم ) أي : بل ذهبوا عنهم أحوج ما كانوا إليهم ، ( وذلك إفكهم ) أي : كذبهم ، ( وما كانوا يفترون ) أي : وافتراؤهم في اتخاذهم إياهم آلهة ، وقد خابوا وخسروا في عبادتهم لها ، واعتمادهم عليها .

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