أَلَهُمْ أَرْجُلٌۭ يَمْشُونَ بِهَآ ۖ أَمْ لَهُمْ أَيْدٍۢ يَبْطِشُونَ بِهَآ ۖ أَمْ لَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌۭ يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَآ ۖ أَمْ لَهُمْ ءَاذَانٌۭ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۗ قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ شُرَكَآءَكُمْ ثُمَّ كِيدُونِ فَلَا تُنظِرُونِ
A lahum arjuluny yamshoona bihaa am lahum aidiny yabtishoona bihaaa am lahum a'yunuy yubsiroona bihaaa am lahum aazaanuny yasma'oona bihaa; qulid'oo shurakaaa'akum summa keedooni falaa tunziroon
Do they have feet by which they walk? Or do they have hands by which they strike? Or do they have eyes by which they see? Or do they have ears by which they hear? Say, [O Muhammad], "Call your 'partners' and then conspire against me and give me no respite.
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Oneness of Allah
7:195Ayah 1206
19 ayahs in Al-A'raaf are strongly about the oneness of Allah. This is one of them.
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Have they feet wherewith they walk or indeed have they hands aydin is the plural of yad wherewith they can grasp or indeed have they eyes wherewith they can see or indeed have they ears wherewith they give ear? an interrogative of rejection in other words they have none of these things which you have so why do you worship them when you are more complete in being than they are? Say to them O Muhammad (s) ‘Call upon your associates to destroy me; then scheme against me and waste no time do not give me any respite for I am not concerned with you.
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