Surah Az-Zukhruf, ayah 20
وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنَـٰهُم ۗ مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ
And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but misjudging.
Az-Zukhruf · 43:20
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- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
- لَوْlawIf
- شَآءَshāahad willed
- ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
- مَاmāwe would not have worshipped them
- عَبَدْنَـٰهُم ۗʿabadnāhumwe would not have worshipped them
- مَّاmāNot
- لَهُمlahumthey have
- بِذَٰلِكَbidhālikaabout that
- مِنْminany
- عِلْمٍ ۖʿil'minknowledge
- إِنْinNothing
- هُمْhumthey (do)
- إِلَّاillābut
- يَخْرُصُونَyakhruṣūnalie
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