Surah An-Nahl, ayah 35
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ نَّحْنُ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ فَهَلْ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ
And those who associate others with Allāh say, "If Allāh had willed, we would not have worshipped anything other than Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything through other than Him." Thus did those do before them. So is there upon the messengers except [the duty of] clear notification?
An-Nahl · 16:35
Word by word
- وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- أَشْرَكُوا۟ashrakūassociate partners (with Allah)
- لَوْlawIf
- شَآءَshāaAllah (had) willed
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (had) willed
- مَاmānot
- عَبَدْنَاʿabadnāwe (would) have worshipped
- مِنminother than Him
- دُونِهِۦdūnihiother than Him
- مِنminany
- شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
- نَّحْنُnaḥnuwe
- وَلَآwalāand not
- ءَابَآؤُنَاābāunāour forefathers
- وَلَاwalāand not
- حَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāwe (would) have forbidden
- مِنminother than Him
- دُونِهِۦdūnihiother than Him
- مِنminanything
- شَىْءٍۢ ۚshayinanything
- كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
- فَعَلَfaʿaladid
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- مِنmin(were) before them
- قَبْلِهِمْ ۚqablihim(were) before them
- فَهَلْfahalThen is (there)
- عَلَىʿalāon
- ٱلرُّسُلِl-rusulithe messengers
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghuthe conveyance
- ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuclear
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