Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Yunus, Ayah 29

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فَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ إِن كُنَّا عَنْ عِبَادَتِكُمْ لَغَٰفِلِينَ
And sufficient is Allah as a witness between us and you that we were of your worship unaware."

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

God suffices as a witness between us and you that indeed in is softened so read as innā we were unaware of your worship’.

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The disbelievers answer back and say: �you have indeed commanded us to worship�, at which point the idols respond: (Allah sufficeth as a witness between us and you, that we were unaware of your worship) we were ignorant of your worship of us.

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