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.
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وَإِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مُسْلِمِينَ
And when it is recited to them, they say, "We have believed in it; indeed, it is the truth from our Lord. Indeed we were, [even] before it, Muslims [i.e., submitting to Allāh]."
فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ ءَالُ فِرْعَوْنَ لِيَكُونَ لَهُمْ عَدُوًّا وَحَزَنًا ۗ إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰطِـِٔينَ
And the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Hāmān and their soldiers were deliberate sinners.
وَقِيلَ ٱدْعُوا۟ شُرَكَآءَكُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُمْ وَرَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَهْتَدُونَ
And it will be said, "Invoke your 'partners,'" and they will invoke them; but they will not respond to them, and they will see the punishment. If only they had followed guidance!
وَهُوَ ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ لَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِى ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ وَلَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
And He is Allāh; there is no deity except Him. To Him is [due all] praise in the first [life] and the Hereafter. And His is the [final] decision, and to Him you will be returned.