or do they have associate deities who have appointed for them a religion which allah has not permitted? and were it not for a word that had already been decided the judgement would have been passed between them here itself and indeed for the unjust is a painful punishment.
أم لهم شركاء شرعوا لهم من الدين ما لم يأذن به الله ولولا كلمة الفصل لقضي بينهم وإن الظالمين لهم عذاب أليم