سُوْرَةُ الزُّخْرُفِ
Surah Az-Zukhruf (43) — Ayah 20
وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنَـٰهُم ۗ مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ ﴿20﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And they said: "If it had been the Will of the Most Gracious (Allâh), we should not have worshipped them (false deities)." They have no knowledge whatsoever of that. They do nothing but lie!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
And they say
لَوْ
law
If
شَآءَ
shāa
had willed
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ
l-raḥmānu
the Most Gracious
مَا
mā
we would not have worshipped them
عَبَدْنَـٰهُم ۗ
ʿabadnāhum
we would not have worshipped them
مَّا
mā
Not
لَهُم
lahum
they have
بِذَٰلِكَ
bidhālika
about that
مِنْ
min
any
عِلْمٍ ۖ
ʿil'min
knowledge
إِنْ
in
Nothing
هُمْ
hum
they (do)
إِلَّا
illā
but
يَخْرُصُونَ
yakhruṣūna
lie
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
20. 1. That is, relying on Allah's will on their own accord, this is one of their major arguments because apparently it is true that without Allah's will, no action happens nor can it happen. But they are unaware of the fact that His will is different from His pleasure. Every action certainly happens only by His will, but He is pleased only with those actions which He has commanded, not with every action that a person does by Allah's will. A person commits theft, adultery, oppression, and major sins; if Allah wills, He may not even give someone the ability to commit these sins, immediately seize his hand, stop his feet, or take away his sight. But these are forms of compulsion, whereas He has given man the freedom of will and choice so that he may be tested. However, this choice Allah will not take back from him in this world, but its punishment will be given on the Day of Judgment.
