The Holy Quran 43:87 — Surah Az-Zukhruf

Arabic text

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

Translation

If you have to ask them (the Mushrikeen) who created them, they will definitely say, "Allaah". So (while admitting this) where are they wandering astray (by remaining adamant as Kuffaar)?

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Who is their Creator?: that is, when the Maker is the One Allah, how did anyone else become deserving of servitude? Worship means the utmost self-abasement; it should be the right only of Him Who possesses the utmost greatness. It is strange: they accept the premises and deny the conclusion.

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