Surah Az-Zukhruf, ayah 58
وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَـٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ ۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًۢا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ
And they said, "Are our gods better, or is he?" They did not present it [i.e., the comparison] except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.
Az-Zukhruf · 43:58
Word by word
- وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they said
- ءَأَـٰلِهَتُنَاaālihatunāAre our gods
- خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter
- أَمْamor
- هُوَ ۚhuwahe
- مَاmāNot
- ضَرَبُوهُḍarabūhuthey present it
- لَكَlakato you
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- جَدَلًۢا ۚjadalan(for) argument
- بَلْbalNay
- هُمْhumthey
- قَوْمٌqawmun(are) a people
- خَصِمُونَkhaṣimūnaargumentative
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