An-Nahl 16:35 وقال الذين اشركوا لو شاء الله ما عبدنا من دونه من شيء نحن ولا اباونا ولا حرمنا من دونه من شيء كذالك فعل الذين من قبلهم فهل على الرسل الا البلاغ المبين ٣٥
وَقَالَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
أَشۡرَكُواْ
لَوۡ
شَآءَ
ٱللَّهُ
مَا
عَبَدۡنَا
مِن
دُونِهِۦ
مِن
شَيۡءٖ
نَّحۡنُ
وَلَآ
ءَابَآؤُنَا
وَلَا
حَرَّمۡنَا
مِن
دُونِهِۦ
مِن
شَيۡءٖۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
فَعَلَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ
فَهَلۡ
عَلَى
ٱلرُّسُلِ
إِلَّا
ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ
ٱلۡمُبِينُ
٣٥
Waqala allatheena ashrakoo lawshaa Allahu ma AAabadna min doonihimin shay-in nahnu wala abaonawala harramna min doonihi min shay-in kathalikafaAAala allatheena min qablihim fahal AAala arrusuliilla albalaghu almubeen
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Idolators Argument that their Shirk was Divinely decreed, and the Refutation of this Claim
Allah tells us about the idolators delusion over their Shirk, and the excuse they claimed for it based on the idea that it is ordained by divine decree. He says:
لَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِن دُونِهِ
…The Idolators Argument that their Shirk was Divinely decreed, and the Refutation of this Claim
Allah tells us about the idolators delusion over their S
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