The Holy Quran 37:86 — Surah As-Saffat

Arabic text

أَئِفْكًا ءَالِهَةً دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ

Translation

"Do you desire (to worship) make-believe (false) Aaliha instead of Allaah (Who is Real and Powerful)?"

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, what in the end are these stone images that you love so much that you have left Allah and gone after them? Is the rule of the world really in their hands? Or do they have power over any harm, small or great? Why, then, having left the true Master, all this flattery and championing of these false rulers?

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