Ash-Shuraa 42:21 ام لهم شركاء شرعوا لهم من الدين ما لم ياذن به الله ولولا كلمة الفصل لقضي بينهم وان الظالمين لهم عذاب اليم ٢١

42:21

أَمۡ

لَهُمۡ

شُرَكَٰٓؤُاْ

شَرَعُواْ

لَهُم

مِّنَ

ٱلدِّينِ

مَا

لَمۡ

يَأۡذَنۢ

بِهِ

ٱللَّهُۚ

وَلَوۡلَا

كَلِمَةُ

ٱلۡفَصۡلِ

لَقُضِيَ

بَيۡنَهُمۡۗ

وَإِنَّ

ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

لَهُمۡ

عَذَابٌ

أَلِيمٞ

٢١

Or have they partners [i.e., other deities] who have ordained for them a religion to which Allāh has not consented? But if not for the decisive word,¹ it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, the wrongdoers will have a painful punishment.

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Chapter 42, Page 485, Juz 25

20. Whoever desires the harvest of the Hereafter - We increase for him in his harvest [i.e., reward]. And whoever desires the harvest [i.e., benefits] of this world - We give him thereof, but there is not for him in the Hereafter any share. 21. Or have they partners [i.e., other deities] who have ordained for them a religion to which Allāh has not consented? But if not for the decisive word, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, the wrongdoers will have a painful punishment. 22. You will see the wrongdoers fearful of what they have earned, and it will [certainly] befall them. And those who have believed and done righteous deeds will be in lush regions of the gardens [in Paradise] having whatever they will in the presence of their Lord. That is what is the great bounty. 23. It is that of which Allāh gives good tidings to His servants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not ask you for it [i.e., this message] any payment [but] only good will through [i.e., due to] kinship." And whoever commits a good deed - We will increase for him good therein. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Appreciative. 24. Or do they say, "He has invented about Allāh a lie"? But if Allāh willed, He could seal over your heart. And Allāh eliminates falsehood and establishes the truth by His words. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts. 25. And it is He who accepts repentance from His servants and pardons misdeeds, and He knows what you do. 26. And He answers [the supplication of] those who have believed and done righteous deeds and increases [for] them from His bounty. But the disbelievers will have a severe punishment. 27. And if Allāh had extended [excessively] provision for His servants, they would have committed tyranny throughout the earth. But He sends [it] down in an amount which He wills. Indeed He is, of His servants, Aware and Seeing. 28. And it is He who sends down the rain after they had despaired and spreads His mercy. And He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy. 29. And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and earth and what He has dispersed throughout them of creatures. And He, for gathering them when He wills, is competent.

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