Al-’Ankabut 29:61
The Spider · Meccan · Juz 21 · Page 403
How Are They Deluded?
وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّنۡ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤۡفَكُونَ ٦١
And if thou wert to ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth, and constrained the sun and the moon (to their appointed work)? they would say: Allah. How then are they turned away.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
If you asked them who created the heavens and earth, they would say “Allah.” Then how are they deluded?
Insight
According to Elmalılı, though they admit Allah is the Creator of all, when it comes to divinity they turn from Him to idolatry.
Reflect
Remove the contradiction between what you believe and how you live.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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