Al-An'am 6:23

<h2>The Polythiests Shall be Questioned About the Shirk They Committed</h2><p>About the polytheists, Allah said:</p><p>وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعاً</p><p>(And on the Day when We shall gather them all together,) This is on the Day of Resurrection, when He will ask them about the idols and rivals that they worshipped instead of Him. Allah will say to them,</p><p>أَيْنَ شُرَكَآؤُكُمُ الَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ</p><p>(Where are your partners (false deities) whom you used to assert (as partners in worship with Allah)) Allah said in Surat Al-Qasas,</p><p>وَيَوْمَ يُنَـدِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآئِىَ الَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ</p><p>(And (remember) the Day when He will call to them, and say, "Where are My (so-called) partners whom you used to assert") 28:62. Allah's statement,</p><p>ثُمَّ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِتْنَتُهُمْ</p><p>(There will then be (left) no Fitnah for them) means, argument. `Ata' Al-Khurasani said that,</p><p>ثُمَّ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِتْنَتُهُمْ</p><p>(There will then be (left) no Fitnah for them) in the face of the affliction that will be placed on them,</p><p>إِلاَّ أَن قَالُواْ وَاللَّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ</p><p>(but to say: "By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who joined others (in worship with Allah).") Allah said next,</p><p>انظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُواْ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ يَفْتَرُونَ</p><p>(Look! How they lie against themselves! But the (lie) which they invented will disappear from …

Then will they have no contention save that they will say: By Allah, our Lord, we never were idolaters.

There will then be (left) no subterfuge for them but to say: "By Allah our Lord, we were not those who joined gods with Allah."

There will then be (left) no Fitnah (excuses or statements or arguments) for them but to say: "By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who joined others in worship with Allah."

Then their only argument will be to say, “By God, our Lord, we were not idolaters.”