Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Anbiyaa, Ayah 21

Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 21 · View Ayah
أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ
Or have men taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

Or am functions with the meaning of bal ‘nay’ to effect a transition in subject-matter; the hamza is for rhetorical denial have they chosen gods that are from the earth such as stones gold or silver who that is gods who resurrect? who bring the dead back to life? No! Indeed only one who brings the dead back to life can be God.

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(Or have they chosen) or have they, i.e. the people of Mecca, worshipped (gods from the earth) on the earth (who raise the dead) or create human beings?

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