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
And they say: If the Beneficent One had (so) willed, we should not have worshipped them. They have no knowledge whatsoever of that. They do but guess.
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