Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:51

18:51

۞ مَّآ أَشْهَدتُّهُمْ خَلْقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا كُنتُ مُتَّخِذَ ٱلْمُضِلِّينَ عَضُدًا

mā ashhadttuhum khalqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍi walā khalqa anfusihim wamā kuntu muttakhidha l-muḍilīna ʿaḍudan

I did not make them witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth or to the creation of themselves, and I would not have taken the misguiders as assistants.

— Saheeh International

I did not make them witnesses to the creation of the heavens and earth, nor to their own creation; I do not take as My supporters those who lead others astray.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

I (Allâh) made them (Iblîs and his offspring) not to witness (nor took their help in) the creation of the heavens and the earth and not (even) their own creation, nor was I (Allâh) to take the misleaders as helpers.

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

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Word by Word

۞ مَّآmāNot
أَشْهَدتُّهُمْashhadttuhumI made them witness
خَلْقَkhalqathe creation
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
وَلَاwalāand not
خَلْقَkhalqathe creation
أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihim(of) themselves
وَمَاwamāand not
كُنتُkuntuI Am
مُتَّخِذَmuttakhidhathe One to take
ٱلْمُضِلِّينَl-muḍilīnathe misleaders
عَضُدًۭاʿaḍudan(as) helper(s)