And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for ˹mere˺ argument. But, ˹in fact˺, they are a people prone to dispute.
وَقَالُوا أَآلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ ۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ
"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'No people go astray after having followed right guidance, but those who indulge in disputes.' Then he recited the Verse: "Nay! But they are a quarrelsome people.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 48)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا ضَلَّ قَوْمٌ بَعْدَ هُدًى كَانُوا عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أُوتُوا الْجَدَلَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًا بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ} [الزخرف 58]
[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "No people have gone astray after being guided except that they were given to argumentation." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited, "{They did not harm you except [for some] annoyance. But they have been disputing people}." [Surah Az-Zukhruf, 58]
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا ضَلَّ قَوْمٌ بَعْدَ هُدًى إِلَّا أُوتُوا الْجَدَلَ» ثُمَّ قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ {مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًا بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ} [الزخرف 58]