Surah Maryam

Chapter 19 · Verse 81 · Revealed in Makkah

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةًۭ لِّيَكُونُوا۟ لَهُمْ عِزًّۭا

And they have taken besides Allah [false] deities that they would be for them [a source of] honor.

Translation: Saheeh International

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Mishary Rashid Alafasy

Reflection — Ibn Kathir

The Idols of the Polytheists will deny Their Worship

Allah, the Exalted, informs about the disbelievers who associate partners with their Lord, that they have taken gods besides Allah, so that these gods may be a source of honor and might for them. They think that these gods give them power and make them victorious. Then, Allah mentions that the matter is not as they claim, and it will not be as they hope. He says,

كَلاَّ سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَـدَتِهِمْ

Reflection — Maarif ul Quran

وَنَرِ‌ثُهُ مَا يَقُولُ

"And We will inherit from him what he is talking about" - 19:80.

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