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And they, that is, the idolaters, assign, to what they do not know, that they cause harm and cannot benefit [them] - namely, the idols - a portion of that which We have provided them with, of crops and cattle, saying that 'this is for Allahu ta’ālā and this is for our partners'. By Allahu ta’ālā, you will indeed be questioned (a questioning of rebuke; there is a shift herein from the third [to the second] person) about what you used to fabricate, against Allahu ta’ālā, such as [claiming] that He commanded you to [do] this.