سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ
Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 56
وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ نَصِيبًا مِّمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ تَٱللَّهِ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمْ تَفْتَرُونَ ﴿56﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And they assign a portion of that which We have provided them unto what they know not (false deities). By Allâh, you shall certainly be questioned about (all) that you used to fabricate.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَيَجْعَلُونَ
wayajʿalūna
And they assign
لِمَا
limā
to what
لَا
lā
not
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
they know
نَصِيبًۭا
naṣīban
a portion
مِّمَّا
mimmā
of what
رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ
razaqnāhum
We have provided them
تَٱللَّهِ
tal-lahi
By Allah
لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ
latus'alunna
surely you will be asked
عَمَّا
ʿammā
about what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used (to)
تَفْتَرُونَ
taftarūna
invent
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah56) {وَ يَجْعَلُوْنَ لِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ …:’’ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ‘‘ } can have two meanings, and both are intended. One is that these polytheists assign a portion of the sustenance We have provided to those gods who know nothing at all, because only Allah is the Knower of the unseen and the seen. The second meaning is that they assign it to those about whom they have no knowledge. Neither do they know their reality nor their powerlessness; merely based on conjecture and hearsay, they dedicate what We have given them in their names. See Surah Al-An'am (36 to 38) and Surah Yunus (66). In the beginning of the verse, after mentioning these polytheists entirely in the third person, at the end (as a rhetorical shift), they are directly addressed to rebuke them and, swearing an oath, it is said: By My oath, you will surely be questioned about all the fabrications you have been inventing.
