53:23
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Dynamic translation
(53:23) These are but names that you made up, you and your forefathers. Allah never authorized such. They only follow conjecture, and wishful thinking, while the guidance has come to them from their Lord.
Arabic text
(53:23) إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاء سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْأَنفُسُ وَلَقَدْ جَاءهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَى
Connected ideas
(3:151) We will cast fear in the hearts of those who rejected, because of what they have set up besides God while He never sent down any authority to do so, and their destiny is the fire. Miserable is the abode of the wicked.
(22:71) They will obey along with Allah that which He has not sent down (any) confirmation of, of which they have no knowledge. And the wicked will have no helpers!
