The Holy Quran 30:13 — Surah Ar-Rum

Arabic text

وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُم مِّن شُرَكَآئِهِمْ شُفَعَـٰٓؤُا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ كَـٰفِرِينَ

Translation

None of their partners (their gods whom they ascribed as partners to Allaah) will be intercessors (are to plead) for them, and (to save themselves) they will (even) reject (the fact that they ever worshipped) their partners.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, when those whom they used to make partners of Allah are of no use to them at the time of need, they will turn to denial and say: وَاللّٰهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِيْنَ (“By Allah, our Lord, we were not mushriks (idolaters)”).

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