Tafseer of Those drawn up in Ranks · As-Saaffaat · 37:95
He said, "Do you worship that which you [yourselves] carve,
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And His word ( He said: Do you worship what you yourselves carve? ) (37:95) — by this He, exalted is His mention, says: Ibrāhīm said to his people: 'Do you worship, O people, what you carve with your own hands of idols?'
As Bishr related to me, saying: Yazīd related to us, saying: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda: ( He said: Do you worship what you yourselves carve? ): the idols.
