وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةًۭ لِّيَكُونُوا۟ لَهُمْ عِزًّۭا
And they have taken besides Allah [false] deities that they would be for them [a source of] honor.
Translation · Saheeh International
Tafsir
Ibn Kathīr (abridged)
The Idols of the Polytheists will deny Their Worship
Allah, the Exalted, informs about the disbelievers who associate partners with their Lord, that they have taken gods besides Allah, so that these gods may be a source of honor and might for them. They think that these gods give them power and make them victorious. Then, Allah mentions that the matter is not as they claim, and it will not be as they hope. He says,
كَلاَّ سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَـدَتِهِمْ
(Nay, but they will deny their worship of them,) on the Day of Judgement.
وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدّاً
(and will become their adversaries.) This means that they will be foes in a state other than what they think about these gods. This is similar to Allah's statement,
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