وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
But they have taken besides Allah [false] deities that perhaps they would be helped.
Ya-Sin 36:74
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Revelation context of the surah
Surah-wideYa-Sin is Meccan, dated to the middle Meccan period. It treats the truth of the prophetic mission and the resurrection of the dead; according to a well-known report, its closing verses answered a denier who crumbled a decayed bone and asked, 'Who will bring this back to life?'
Klasik tefsir mukaddimeleri; esbâb-ı nüzul rivayetleri