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Surah al-Anbiya' (The Prophets ) 21 : 24

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً ۖ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَٰنَكُمْ ۖ هَٰذَا ذِكْرُ مَن مَّعِىَ وَذِكْرُ مَن قَبْلِى ۗ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ فَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muhammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur’ān] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me." But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(21:24:1)
ami
Or
(21:24:2)
ittakhadhū
(have) they taken
(21:24:3)
(21:24:4)
dūnihi
besides Him
(21:24:5)
ālihatan
gods
(21:24:6)
qul
Say
(21:24:7)
hātū
Bring
(21:24:8)
bur'hānakum
your proof
(21:24:9)
(21:24:10)
dhik'ru
(is) a Reminder
(21:24:11)
(21:24:12)
(21:24:13)
wadhik'ru
and a Reminder
(21:24:14)
(21:24:15)
qablī
(were) before me
(21:24:16)
(21:24:17)
aktharuhum
most of them
(21:24:18)
(21:24:19)
yaʿlamūna
know
(21:24:20)
l-ḥaqa
the truth
(21:24:21)
(21:24:22)
muʿ'riḍūna
(are) averse

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Explanatory Note

Having provided this irrefutable evidence based on the nature of the universe, the sūrah asks them whether they can support their claims about multiple deities with any evidence derived from their scriptures.

Here is the Qur’ān which incorporates the message given to the Prophet’s contemporaries, and there are the scriptures containing the messages delivered by earlier messengers. In none of these is there any mention of partners with God. All divine faiths are based on the true concept of God’s oneness. Where, then, did those unbelievers get this false concept of multiple deities when it cannot be supported by logical or religious argument? “But nay, most of them do not know the truth, and so they stubbornly turn away.”

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According to  Ibn Attiyah and Qurtubi there is consensus on this Surah being a Makki Surah -

"Both the subject matter and the style of the Surah indicate that it was sent down in the third stage of the life of the Prophet at Makkah" [Ref: Mawdudi]

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