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Surah An-Nisa, verse 117: meaning and tafsir
إِن يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ إِنَٰثًا وَإِن يَدْعُونَ إِلَّا شَيْطَٰنًا مَّرِيدًا ١١٧
They call upon none besides Him except female [idols][85]; they call upon none but a rebellious Satan[86]
Translation of the meanings: Rowwad Translation Center — version 1.0.19 · QuranEnc.com
[85] Arabs worshiped in the age of ignorance idols with female names, like: Lāt, ‘Uzzā, Manāt. See 53:19-20.
[86] They only worship false idols because Satan seduced them into this.
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Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies · QuranEnc.com
117. Instead of Allah, the idolators in Makkah worship female idols which were named with feminine names, such as al-Lāt and al-‘Uzzā, which can neither benefit nor harm anyone. In reality, they only worship Satan, who rebelled and sinned against his Lord, as he is the one who instructed them to worship the idols.
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