Surah Al-Ahqaf, ayah 28
فَلَوْلَا نَصَرَهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قُرْبَانًا ءَالِهَةًۢ ۖ بَلْ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنْهُمْ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ إِفْكُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ
Then why did those they took besides Allāh as deities by which to approach [Him] not aid them? But they had strayed [i.e., departed] from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were inventing.
Al-Ahqaf · 46:28
Word by word
- فَلَوْلَاfalawlāThen why (did) not
- نَصَرَهُمُnaṣarahumuhelp them
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
- ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūthey had taken
- مِنminbesides
- دُونِdūnibesides
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- قُرْبَانًاqur'bānangods as a way of approach
- ءَالِهَةًۢ ۖālihatangods as a way of approach
- بَلْbalNay
- ضَلُّوا۟ḍallūthey were lost
- عَنْهُمْ ۚʿanhumfrom them
- وَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaAnd that
- إِفْكُهُمْif'kuhum(was) their falsehood
- وَمَاwamāand what
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
- يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnainventing
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