Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Maryam, Ayah 81

Maryam · Ayah 81 · View Ayah
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.

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

And they namely the disbelievers of Mecca have taken besides God graven images as other gods for them to worship that they may be for them a source of might that they may be intercessors before God so that they will not be chastised.

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(And they have chosen (other)) the people of Mecca worshipped (gods beside Allah) i.e. idols (that they may be a power for them) that they be a protection for them from Allah's chastisement.

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