I think when Allah says یجعلون(they assign) at the start of the verse, it means they assign but what are the Allah's gifts they assign to the wrong (idols) or prohibited deeds. In simple words, Allah has gifted us time which we waste, overthink, instead of asking for forgiveness from Allah we get into depression, engage in harmful distractions, watch Netflix and call it enjoyment. When later in the verse Allah says رزقنہم ( razaqnaahum: it means food, talent, time, wealth etc.). When I think about this verse, I think Allah is advising us to stop from overthinking, wasting our time watching something prohibited, or I guess just watching and wasting time as well if it is not something u

Common Forms of Paganism

"They assign a share of the sustenance We provide for them to what they know nothing of" (Verse 56)

The pagan Arabs thus prohibit themselves some types of cattle, not allowing themselves to ride these or to eat their meat, or they allow these animals' use to men, forbidding them to women, as we saw in Surah 6, Cattle. They do this in the name of their alleged deities, of which they know nothing. They are simply false inventions that they inherited from earlier ignorant generations. It is God who gave them this bounty, the cattle which they ride and use. Yet they give a portion of these to things which are in reality unknown to them. Their false deities did not give

I’m often quick to identify negative traits in others — this effort, if improvement truly is the desired end result — would be best directed inwards. This is true for two reasons: Changing yourself is much easier than changing others, and It just so happens that one of the most potent and powerful ways to effect change on others is to set an example. Not just a good example — a *great* example. One so good, it cannot be ignored.