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Surah Ar-Room (30) — Ayah 35
أَمْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَـٰنًا فَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يُشْرِكُونَ ﴿35﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Or have We revealed to them an authority (a Scripture), which speaks of that which they have been associating with Him?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَمْ
am
Or
أَنزَلْنَا
anzalnā
have We sent
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
to them
سُلْطَـٰنًۭا
sul'ṭānan
an authority
فَهُوَ
fahuwa
and it
يَتَكَلَّمُ
yatakallamu
speaks
بِمَا
bimā
of what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
بِهِۦ
bihi
with Him
يُشْرِكُونَ
yush'rikūna
associating
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.
(Ayah 35) {اَمْ اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطٰنًا … : ’’ اَمْ ‘‘} comes in the middle of the speech; before it, there is a sentence with the interrogative hamzah. What is that sentence here? Razi said: "So are they associating partners merely by following the desires of the self without any proof, or have We sent down any proof to them...?" Our teacher Muhammad Abduh writes: "That is, after all, what is the proof of shirk? Does their intellect say this, or (have We sent down any proof to them and) is it written in any of Our books that We have made such-and-such of your elders partners in Our authority, therefore you can also call upon them for the fulfillment of your needs?" See also Surah Al-Ahqaf (4).
