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Ash-Shuraa 21

Ayah 21 of 53 · Meccan

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Decree. See footnote to 10:19.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَمۡOram
  2. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  3. شُرَكَٰٓؤُاْ(are) partnersshurakāu
  4. شَرَعُواْwho have ordainedsharaʿū
  5. لَهُمfor themlahum
  6. مِّنَofmina
  7. ٱلدِّينِthe religionl-dīni
  8. مَاwhatmā
  9. لَمۡnotlam
  10. يَأۡذَنۢAllah has given permission of ityadhan
  11. بِهِAllah has given permission of itbihi
  12. ٱللَّهُۚAllah has given permission of itl-lahu
  13. وَلَوۡلَاAnd if notwalawlā
  14. كَلِمَةُ(for) a wordkalimatu
  15. ٱلۡفَصۡلِdecisivel-faṣli
  16. لَقُضِيَsurely, it (would have) been judgedlaquḍiya
  17. بَيۡنَهُمۡۗbetween thembaynahum
  18. وَإِنَّAnd indeedwa-inna
  19. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna
  20. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  21. عَذَابٌ(is a) punishmentʿadhābun
  22. أَلِيمٞpainfulalīmun

Tafsir

Or do these idolaters have gods besides Allah, who have ordained for them religious matters that Allah did not authorize them to ordain such as ascribing partners to Allah, declaring unlawful what He made lawful and declaring lawful what He made unlawful? Had it not been for the fixed time that Allah had set to decide between those who differ, and that He will postpone them until such time, He would have decided between them. Those who wrong themselves by ascribing partners to Allah and committing sins, will have a painful punishment that awaits them on the day of resurrection.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran