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An-Najm 53:23

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إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allāh has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

ثم قال منكرا عليهم فيما ابتدعوه وأحدثوه من الكذب والافتراء والكفر ، من عبادة الأصنام وتسميتها آلهة : ( إن هي إلا أسماء سميتموها أنتم وآباؤكم ) أي : من تلقاء أنفسكم ( ما أنزل الله بها من سلطان ) أي : من حجة ، ( إن يتبعون إلا الظن وما تهوى الأنفس ) أي : ليس لهم مستند إلا حسن ظنهم بآبائهم الذين سلكوا هذا المسلك الباطل قبلهم ، وإلا حظ نفوسهم في رياستهم وتعظيم آبائهم الأقدمين ، ( ولقد جاءهم من ربهم الهدى ) أي : ولقد أرسل الله إليهم الرسل بالحق المنير والحجة القاطعة ، ومع هذا ما اتبعوا ما جاءوهم به ، ولا انقادوا له .

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