Surah Al-Anbiya 21:21 — translation and meaning
الأنبياء · Verse 21 / 112 · Page 323
أَمِ اتَّخَذُوا آلِهَةً مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ
Word by Word
أَمِ
ami
Or
اتَّخَذُوا
ittakhadhu
(have) they taken
آلِهَةً
alihatan
gods
مِّنَ
mina
from
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
هُمْ
hum
they
يُنشِرُونَ
yunshiruna
raise (the dead)
Transliteration
Amit takhazooo aalihatam minal ardi hum yunshiroon
Translation
Or have men taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
But the idolaters took gods besides Allah which cannot revive the dead, so how do they worship something unable to do this?
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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