Surah An-Nahl 16:21

The Bee · Verse 21 of 128 · Juz 14 · Page 269

أَمْوَٰتٌ غَيْرُ أَحْيَآءٍ ۖ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ

They are [in fact] dead, not alive, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

They are dead possessing no life amwātun ‘dead’ is a second predicate not living an emphasis and they the idols are not aware when is the time in which they shall be raised that is creatures so how can they be worshipped? For only the Creator the Living the Knower of the Unseen can be a God.

Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 16:21, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.