Tafseer of Yaseen · Yaseen · 36:74
But they have taken besides Allah [false] deities that perhaps they would be helped.
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His statement وَاتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ آلِهَةً ("And they have taken gods besides Allah") means: and these polytheists (mushrikīn) have taken, besides Allah, gods whom they worship. لَعَلَّهُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ ("that they might be helped") means: in the desire that those gods would guard them against the punishment of Allah and His torment (ʿadhāb).
