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An-Nahl 56

Ayah 56 of 128 · Meccan

وَيَجۡعَلُونَ لِمَا لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ نَصِيبٗا مِّمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡۗ تَٱللَّهِ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمۡ تَفۡتَرُونَ ٥٦

And they assign to what they do not know1 [i.e., false deities] a portion of that which We have provided them. By Allāh, you will surely be questioned about what you used to invent.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., that of which they have no knowledge; rather, they have mere assumption based upon tradition or the claims of misguided men.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَيَجۡعَلُونَAnd they assignwayajʿalūna
  2. لِمَاto whatlimā
  3. لَاnotlā
  4. يَعۡلَمُونَthey know yaʿlamūna
  5. نَصِيبٗاa portionnaṣīban
  6. مِّمَّاof whatmimmā
  7. رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡۗWe have provided themrazaqnāhum
  8. تَٱللَّهِBy Allahtal-lahi
  9. لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّsurely you will be askedlatus'alunna
  10. عَمَّاabout whatʿammā
  11. كُنتُمۡyou used (to)kuntum
  12. تَفۡتَرُونَinventtaftarūna

Tafsir

The idolaters allocate to their idols, which do not know anything - as they are lifeless objects that can neither benefit nor harm - a portion of the wealth that We provided for them, as a means of seeking closeness to those idols. By Allah, you - O idolaters - will be questioned on the Day of Judgement about your assertions that these idols are gods and that they are entitled to a portion of your wealth.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran