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Surah An-Nahl, verse 20: meaning and tafsir

  • Verse 20 of 128
  • Juz 14
  • Meccan
  • 16:20

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ ۝٢٠

But those whom they invoke besides Allah do not create anything; rather, they themselves are created.

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20. Those whom the idolaters worship besides Allah, do not create anything no matter how little. Those who worship them besides Allah are the ones who make them. How do they worship besides Allah those idols which they make with their own hands?!

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