أَمْ Or لَهُمْ for them شُرَكَـٰٓؤُا۟ (are) partners شَرَعُوا۟ who have ordained لَهُم for them مِّنَ of ٱلدِّينِ the religion مَا what لَمْ not يَأْذَنۢ Allah has given permission of it بِهِ Allah has given permission of it ٱللَّهُ ۚ Allah has given permission of it وَلَوْلَا And if not كَلِمَةُ (for) a word ٱلْفَصْلِ decisive لَقُضِىَ surely, it (would have) been judged بَيْنَهُمْ ۗ between them وَإِنَّ And indeed ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ the wrongdoers لَهُمْ for them عَذَابٌ (is a) punishment أَلِيمٌۭ painful ٢١
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, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, the wrongdoers will have a painful punishment.
— Come To Light