Surah Al Qasas Tafseer

The Idolators and Their Partners and the Enmity between Them in the Hereafter

Allah tells:

وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ

And (remember) the Day when He will call to them and say:

Allah informs of how He will rebuke the idolators on the Day of Resurrection, when He will call them and say:

أَيْنَ شُرَكَايِيَ الَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ

"Where are My (so-called) partners whom you used to assert!"

meaning, `where are the gods which you used to worship in the world, the idols and rivals! Can they help you or save you!' This is said in the nature of a rebuke and warning, as in the Ayah,

وَلَقَدْ جِيْتُمُونَا فُرَادَى كَمَا خَلَقْنَـكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَتَرَكْتُمْ مَّا خَوَّلْنَـكُمْ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِكُمْ وَمَا نَرَى مَعَكُمْ شُفَعَأءَكُمُ الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ أَنَّهُمْ فِيكُمْ شُرَكَأءُ لَقَد تَّقَطَّعَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنكُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ

And truly, you have come unto Us alone as We created you the first time. You have left behind you all that which We had bestowed on you. We see not with you your intercessors whom you claimed to be partners with Allah. Now all relations between you and them have been cut off, and all that you used to claim has vanished from you. (6:94)

His saying