Tafsir of Surah Ar-Ra'd 13:16

Translation of the meaning

Say, "Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?" Say, "Allāh." Say, "Have you then taken besides Him allies not possessing [even] for themselves any benefit or any harm?" Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Or is darkness equivalent to light? Or have they attributed to Allāh partners who created like His creation so that the creation [of each] seemed similar to them?" Say, "Allāh is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Prevailing."

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah

وهذا استفهام إنكار بمعنى النفي أي ما جعلوا لله شركاء خلقوا كخلقه فإنهم مقرون أن آلهتهم لم يخلقوا كخلقه. وإنما كانوا يجعلونهم شفعاء ووسائط«مجموع الفتاوى» 1/311