( قل هلم ) يقال للواحد والاثنين والجمع ، ( شهداءكم الذين يشهدون ) أي : ائتوا بشهدائكم الذين يشهدون ، ( أن الله حرم هذا ) هذا راجع إلى ما تقدم من تحريمهم الأشياء على أنفسهم ودعواهم أن الله أمرهم به ، ( فإن شهدوا ) كاذبين ، ( فلا تشهد ) أنت ، ( معهم ولا تتبع أهواء الذين كذبوا بآياتنا والذين لا يؤمنون بالآخرة وهم بربهم يعدلون ) أي : يشركون .
Say, O Messenger, to these idolaters who make unlawful what Allah has allowed and who claim that it is Allah who has made it unlawful: Bring your witnesses to testify that Allah has made these things unlawful. If they testify without any knowledge that Allah has made these things unlawful, then do not believe their testimony, O Messenger, because it is false testimony. Do not follow the desires of those who let their desires rule over them. They denied His verses when they made unlawful what Allah had allowed. Do not follow those who do not have faith in the Afterlife and who associate others with their Lord. How can a person who deals with his Lord in this way be followed?