Surah Al-Furqan, ayah 18
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِى لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَـٰكِن مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَسُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بُورًا
They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies [i.e., protectors]. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."
Al-Furqan · 25:18
Word by word
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey say
- سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
- مَاmāNot
- كَانَkānait was proper
- يَنۢبَغِىyanbaghīit was proper
- لَنَآlanāfor us
- أَنanthat
- نَّتَّخِذَnattakhidhawe take
- مِنminbesides You
- دُونِكَdūnikabesides You
- مِنْminany
- أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākinBut
- مَّتَّعْتَهُمْmattaʿtahumYou gave them comforts
- وَءَابَآءَهُمْwaābāahumand their forefathers
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- نَسُوا۟nasūthey forgot
- ٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe Message
- وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand became
- قَوْمًۢاqawmana people
- بُورًۭاbūranruined
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