Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان) • The Criterion

Quran 25:18

25:18

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِى لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَـٰكِن مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَسُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بُورًا

qālū sub'ḥānaka mā kāna yanbaghī lanā an nattakhidha min dūnika min awliyāa walākin mattaʿtahum waābāahum ḥattā nasū l-dhik'ra wakānū qawman būran

They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies [i.e., protectors]. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."

— Saheeh International

They will say, ‘May You be exalted! We ourselves would never take masters other than You! But You granted them and their forefathers pleasures in this life, until they forgot Your Reminder and were ruined.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They will say: "Glorified be You! It was not for us to take any Auliyâ’ (Protectors, Helpers) besides You, but You gave them and their fathers comfort till they forgot the warning, and became a lost people (doomed to total loss).

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

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Word by Word

قَالُوا۟qālūThey say
سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
مَاmāNot
كَانَkānait was proper
يَنۢبَغِىyanbaghīit was proper
لَنَآlanāfor us
أَنanthat
نَّتَّخِذَnattakhidhawe take
مِنminbesides You
دُونِكَdūnikabesides You
مِنْminany
أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinBut
مَّتَّعْتَهُمْmattaʿtahumYou gave them comforts
وَءَابَآءَهُمْwaābāahumand their forefathers
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
نَسُوا۟nasūthey forgot
ٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe Message
وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand became
قَوْمًۢاqawmana people
بُورًۭاbūranruined