وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ 74
Translations
And [warn of] the Day He will call them and say, "Where are My 'partners' which you used to claim?"
Transliteration
Wa-yawma yunādīhim fa-yaqūlu ayna shurakā'ī alladhīna kuntum taz'umūn
Tafsir (Explanation)
This ayah depicts the Day of Judgment when Allah will call upon the polytheists and ask them: 'Where are those partners (to Me) whom you claimed?' This is a rhetorical question emphasizing the disappearance and powerlessness of the false deities they worshipped. Classical scholars like Ibn Kathir and Al-Qurtubi note this represents the ultimate exposure of shirk (polytheism) and the vindication of Allah's oneness, as the idols and false gods will be nowhere to be found to help their followers.
Revelation Context
This ayah appears within Surah Al-Qasas, a Meccan chapter that extensively addresses the futility of polytheism and the certainty of the Hereafter. The surah contextually prepares the disbelievers for their confrontation with Allah on the Day of Judgment, warning them of the consequences of their associating partners with Him.
Related Hadiths
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'On the Day of Judgment, every soul will know what it has sent forward and kept back' (Sahih Muslim 2643). Also relevant is the hadith in Sahih Bukhari describing how the polytheists will disown their false gods on that Day.
Themes
Key Lesson
This ayah serves as a powerful reminder that all false objects of worship—whether idols, wealth, status, or desires—will abandon their followers on the Day of Judgment. Believers should reflect on what they truly place their trust in and ensure their devotion is exclusively for Allah alone.
Related Ayahs
وَلَا يَصُدُّنَّكَ عَنْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بَعْدَ إِذْ أُنزِلَتْ إِلَيْكَ ۖ وَٱدْعُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
And never let them avert you from the verses of Allāh after they have been revealed to you. And invite [people] to your Lord. And never be of those who associate others with Allāh.
وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱللَّغْوَ أَعْرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ لَنَآ أَعْمَـٰلُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْ سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا نَبْتَغِى ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ
And when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you; we seek not the ignorant."
وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا يُرْجَعُونَ
And he was arrogant, he and his soldiers, in the land, without right, and they thought that they would not be returned to Us.
قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَـٰبٍ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْهُمَآ أَتَّبِعْهُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ
Say, "Then bring a scripture from Allāh which is more guiding than either of them that I may follow it, if you should be truthful."