Surah Ash-Shuraa, ayah 21
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَـٰٓؤُا۟ شَرَعُوا۟ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱلدِّينِ مَا لَمْ يَأْذَنۢ بِهِ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةُ ٱلْفَصْلِ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Or have they partners [i.e., other deities] who have ordained for them a religion to which Allāh has not consented? But if not for the decisive word, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, the wrongdoers will have a painful punishment.
Ash-Shuraa · 42:21
Word by word
- أَمْamOr
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- شُرَكَـٰٓؤُا۟shurakāu(are) partners
- شَرَعُوا۟sharaʿūwho have ordained
- لَهُمlahumfor them
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religion
- مَاmāwhat
- لَمْlamnot
- يَأْذَنۢyadhanAllah has given permission of it
- بِهِbihiAllah has given permission of it
- ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah has given permission of it
- وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
- كَلِمَةُkalimatu(for) a word
- ٱلْفَصْلِl-faṣlidecisive
- لَقُضِىَlaquḍiyasurely, it (would have) been judged
- بَيْنَهُمْ ۗbaynahumbetween them
- وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is a) punishment
- أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful
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