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An-Nahl 16:21 اموات غير احياء وما يشعرون ايان يبعثون ٢١

16:21
أَمۡوَٰتٌ
غَيۡرُ
أَحۡيَآءٖۖ
وَمَا
يَشۡعُرُونَ
أَيَّانَ
يُبۡعَثُونَ
٢١
Amwatun ghayru ahya-inwama yashAAuroona ayyana yubAAathoon
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

The gods of the Idolators are Created, they do not create

Then Allah tells us that the idols which people call on instead of Him cannot create anything, they are themselves created, as Al-Khalil (Ibrahim) said:

قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ - وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

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The gods of the Idolators are Created, they do not create

Then Allah tells us that the idols which people call on instead of Him cannot create anything

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Chapter 16, Page 269, Juz 14

10. Huwa allathee anzala mina assama-imaan lakum minhu sharabun waminhu shajarun feehituseemoon 11. Yunbitu lakum bihi azzarAAa wazzaytoonawannakheela wal-aAAnaba wamin kulli aththamaratiinna fee thalika laayatan liqawmin yatafakkaroon 12. Wasakhkhara lakumu allayla wannaharawashshamsa walqamara wannujoomumusakhkharatun bi-amrihi inna fee thalika laayatinliqawmin yaAAqiloon 13. Wama tharaa lakum fee al-ardimukhtalifan alwanuhu inna fee thalika laayatanliqawmin yaththakkaroon 14. Wahuwa allathee sakhkhara albahralita/kuloo minhu lahman tariyyan watastakhrijoominhu hilyatan talbasoonaha watara alfulkamawakhira feehi walitabtaghoo min fadlihiwalaAAallakum tashkuroon 15. Waalqa fee al-ardi rawasiyaan tameeda bikum waanharan wasubulan laAAallakum tahtadoon 16. WaAAalamatin wabinnajmihum yahtadoon 17. Afaman yakhluqu kaman la yakhluquafala tathakkaroon 18. Wa-in taAAuddoo niAAmata Allahi latuhsooha inna Allaha laghafoorun raheem 19. Wallahu yaAAlamu matusirroona wama tuAAlinoon 20. Wallatheena yadAAoona mindooni Allahi la yakhluqoona shay-an wahumyukhlaqoon 21. Amwatun ghayru ahya-inwama yashAAuroona ayyana yubAAathoon

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