أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- பூமியில் உள்ளவற்றிலிருந்து இவர்கள் தெய்வங்களை எடுத்துக் கொண்டிருக்கின்றார்களே! அவை (இறந்தோரை) உயிர் கொடுத்து எழுப்புமா?
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- එසේ නැතහොත් මළවුන් අවදි කළ හැකි දෙවිවරුන් ඔවුහු මහපොළොවෙන් (තෝරා) ගත්තෝ ද?
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- کیا ان لوگوں نے زمین (کی مخلوقات میں) سے جنہیں معبود بنا رکھا ہے وه زنده کردیتے ہیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- それともかれらは，（死者を）甦らすことの出来る神々を地上からえたのか。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 难道他们把大地上许多东西当神明，而那些神明能使死人复活吗？
Tafsir of 21:21
Refutation of false gods Allah denounces those who take other gods instead of Him: أَمِ اتَّخَذُواْ آلِهَةً مِّنَ الاٌّرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ (Or have they taken gods from the earth who raise the dead) meaning, can they bring the dead back to life and bring them forth from the earth They cannot do any of that, so how can they make them rivals to Allah and worship them alongside Him Then Allah tells us that if there were another god besides Him, the heavens and the earth would be ruined: لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ آلِهَةٌ (Had there been therein gods) means, in the heavens and the earth, لَفَسَدَتَا (then verily, both would have been ruined.) This is like the Ayah: مَا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ مِن وَلَدٍ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنْ إِلَهٍ إِذاً لَّذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَهٍ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلاَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ سُبْحَنَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ (No son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him. Then each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have tried to overcome others! Glorified be Allah above all that they attribute to Him!) 23:91.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
