إِن يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ إِنَٰثًۭا وَإِن يَدْعُونَ إِلَّا شَيْطَٰنًۭا مَّرِيدًۭا
iny yad'oona min dooniheee illaaa inaasanw wa iny yad'oona illaa Shaitaanam mareedaa
They call upon instead of Him none but female [deities], and they [actually] call upon none but a rebellious Satan.
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Oneness of Allah
4:117Ayah 1176
6 ayahs in An-Nisaa are strongly about the oneness of Allah. This is one of them.
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What in is to be understand as mā ‘only’ they pray to what the idolaters worship instead of Him God that is other than Him are but females idols with feminine names such as al-Lāt al-‘Uzza and Manāt; and they in is to be understand as mā ‘only’ only pray to they only worship by worshipping these female idols a rebellious satan one who has rebelled against obedience to God for they are obeying him in this worship of female idols.
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