Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:15

18:15

هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمُنَا ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً ۖ لَّوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۭ بَيِّنٍ ۖ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا

hāulāi qawmunā ittakhadhū min dūnihi ālihatan lawlā yatūna ʿalayhim bisul'ṭānin bayyinin faman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban

These, our people, have taken besides Him deities. Why do they not bring for [worship of] them a clear evidence? And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie?"

— Saheeh International

These people of ours have taken gods other than Him. Why do they not produce clear evidence about them? Who could be more unjust than someone who makes up lies about God?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"These our people have taken for worship âlihah (gods) other than Him (Allâh). Why do they not bring for them a clear authority? And who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against Allâh.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiThese
قَوْمُنَاqawmunāour people
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūhave taken
مِنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
ءَالِهَةًۭۖālihatangods
لَّوْلَاlawlāWhy not
يَأْتُونَyatūnathey come
عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto them
بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۭbisul'ṭāninwith an authority
بَيِّنٍۢۖbayyininclear
فَمَنْfamanAnd who
أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more wrong
مِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) who
ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvents
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
كَذِبًۭاkadhibana lie