The Holy Quran 43:58 — Surah Az-Zukhruf

Arabic text

وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَـٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ ۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًۢا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ

Translation

They (the Mushrikeen then) say, "Are our gods (idols) better or he (Isa عليه الصلاة والسلام)?" They say this to you only to dispute, for they are a people given to arguing. (They realise that it is their idols that are being referred to, but merely raise the objection to develop an argument.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The clamour of the disbelievers at the mention of Isa ﵇: whenever the Messiah ﵇ was mentioned, the idolaters of Arabia would raise a great clamour and all kinds of cries. In some narrations it is stated that the Prophet ﷺ recited this verse of the Quran: اِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ “Indeed you and whatever you worship…

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