Az-Zukhruf 43:20 وقالوا لو شاء الرحمان ما عبدناهم ما لهم بذالك من علم ان هم الا يخرصون ٢٠
وَقَالُواْ
لَوۡ
شَآءَ
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ
مَا
عَبَدۡنَٰهُمۗ
مَّا
لَهُم
بِذَٰلِكَ
مِنۡ
عِلۡمٍۖ
إِنۡ
هُمۡ
إِلَّا
يَخۡرُصُونَ
٢٠
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Condemnation of the Idolators' attribution of Offspring to Allah
Here Allah speaks of the lies and fabrications of the idolators, when they devoted some of their cattle to their false gods and some to Allah, as He described in Surat Al-An`am where He said:
وَجَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ مِمَّا ذَرَأَ مِنَ الْحَر
…Condemnation of the Idolators' attribution of Offspring to Allah
Here Allah speaks of the lies and fabrications of the idolators, when they devoted som
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