The Holy Quran 16:20 — Surah An-Nahl

Arabic text

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ

Translation

Those (gods) that you call upon (worship) besides Allaah cannot create anything (at all), but have been created (by Allaah. It is therefore Allaah Who deserves to be worshipped and not anyone else).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Their deities are themselves created: Allah is He whose magnificent and boundless favours were mentioned above. Now behold the folly of the mushriks (idolaters): as partners of such an All-Knowing Creator of all things, they have set up things which cannot create a single blade of grass; indeed, their very existence has been created by Allah.

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