Surah Ash-Shuraa Ayah 21

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَـٰٓؤُا۟ شَرَعُوا۟ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱلدِّينِ مَا لَمْ يَأْذَنۢ بِهِ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةُ ٱلْفَصْلِ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

In Saheeh International's English translation, Quran 42:21 says: “Or have they partners [i.e., other deities] who have ordained for them a religion to which Allāh has not consented? But if not for the decisive word,<sup foot_note=197308>1</sup> it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, the wrongdoers will have a painful punishment.”

Translation source: Saheeh International

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Quran 42:21 is in Surah Ash-Shuraa, chapter 42 of the Quran.

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