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Surah an-Nahl (The Bee ) 16 : 86

وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ شُرَكَآءَهُمْ قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ شُرَكَآؤُنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كُنَّا نَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِكَ ۖ فَأَلْقَوْا۟ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ إِنَّكُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

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 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And when those who associated others with Allāh see their "partners," they will say, "Our Lord, these are our partners [to You] whom we used to invoke besides You." But they will throw at them the statement, "Indeed, you are liars."

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(16:86:1)
wa-idhā
And when
(16:86:2)
raā
(will) see
(16:86:3)
alladhīna
those who
(16:86:4)
ashrakū
associated partners with Allah
(16:86:5)
shurakāahum
their partners
(16:86:6)
qālū
They will say
(16:86:7)
rabbanā
Our Lord
(16:86:8)
(16:86:9)
shurakāunā
(are) our partners
(16:86:10)
alladhīna
those whom
(16:86:11)
kunnā
we used to
(16:86:12)
nadʿū
invoke
(16:86:13)
(16:86:14)
dūnika
besides You
(16:86:15)
fa-alqaw
But they (will) throw back
(16:86:16)
ilayhimu
at them
(16:86:17)
l-qawla
(their) word
(16:86:18)
(16:86:19)
lakādhibūna
(are) surely liars

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Explanatory Note

Their silence however is broken when they see gathered with them those so-called ‘partners’ which they used to allege to have a share in God’s divinity, and to worship them instead of God or alongside Him. They point to them, crying out: “Our Lord, these are our partners whom we used to invoke instead of You.” (Verse 86) Their statement begins with an acknowledgement of God’s position. They address Him as “Our Lord!” What is more is that they no longer describe the false deities they used to worship as God’s partners. They refer to them as ‘our partners’. Those very partners are frightened by such a description for it constitutes a serious accusation. Hence, they refute it, asserting most emphatically that those who worshipped them are liars. “But they will throw their word back at them, saying: ‘You are indeed liars.’” (Verse 86)

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The following internal evidence shows that this Surah was revealed during the last Makkan stage of Prophethood:

1.         V. 41 clearly shows that persecution had forced some Muslims to emigrate to Abyssinia before the revelation of this Surah.

2.         It is evident from v. 106 that at that time the persecution of the Muslims was at its height and a problem had arisen where Muslims under persecution were being forced to utter words of blasphemy.

3.         V. 112-114 clearly refer to the end of a seven year famine that had struck Makkah some years after the beginning of Prophethood.

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