Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: As-Saaffaat, Ayah 36
وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍۢ مَّجْنُونٍۭ
And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"
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(And said: Shall we forsake our gods) shall we leave the worship of our gods (for a mad poet) who invents lies? Meaning the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
and would say ‘Are we to abandon our gods for a mad poet?’ that is for the sake of what Muhammad (s) says? as regards the hamzas in a-innā ‘are we’ the same applies as mentioned above.