Tafsir for verse: 21:56
قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمۡ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ ٥٦ ﴿56﴾
56He said, “No, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, who has created them, and I am one of those who bear witness to it.
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Commentary
The pronoun in 'He created them' refers to the heavens and the earth. Or it refers to the idols, and its being for the idols is more inclusive in their misguidance and establishes the proof against them. His testimony to that is his presenting the argument against it and validating it, just as a claim is validated by testimony. It is as if he said: 'I will clarify that and provide evidence for it just as claims are clarified by proofs, because I am not like you, so I do not say what I cannot prove with evidence. Just as you were unable to provide proof for your doctrine, and you did not go beyond finding your forefathers upon it.'
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