The Holy Quran 19:82 — Surah Maryam

Arabic text

كَلَّا ۚ سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدًّا

Translation

This will never be! (Far from interceding for them,) They (their Aaliha) will soon reject their worship (will claim that the Mushrikeen never worshipped them) and (their Aaliha will) become their adversaries. (Idols will deny being worshipped because being lifeless, they had no idea that they were worshipped. As for living beings who were regarded as gods, they will deny being worshipped because the object of worship is to please the one being worshipped and instead of pleasing the ones being worshipped, the worshippers will have caused more problems for them, especially in the Aakhirah. Therefore, since the object of worship is lost, it is as if no worship took place at all. See also verse 28 of Surah 10 and verse 86 of Surah 16.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, far from helping them, those gods will themselves disown their worship. Standing against them, instead of increasing their honour they will become the cause of even greater humiliation and disgrace, as has already been mentioned: وَاِذَا حُشِرَ النَّاسُ كَانُوْا لَهُمْ اَعْدَآءً وَّ كَانُوْا بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ كٰفِرِيْنَ “And when people are gathered,…

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