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Quran 25:42

25:42

إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوْلَآ أَن صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا ۚ وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

in kāda layuḍillunā ʿan ālihatinā lawlā an ṣabarnā ʿalayhā wasawfa yaʿlamūna ḥīna yarawna l-ʿadhāba man aḍallu sabīlan

He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way.

— Saheeh International

He might almost have led us astray from our gods if we had not stood so firmly by them.’ When they see the punishment, they will know who is furthest from the path.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"He would have nearly misled us from our âlihah (gods), had it not been that we were patient and constant in their worship!" And they will know when they see the torment, who it is that is most astray from the (Right) Path!

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

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Word by Word

إِنinHe would have almost
كَادَkādaHe would have almost
لَيُضِلُّنَاlayuḍillunā[surely] misled us
عَنْʿanfrom
ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatināour gods
لَوْلَآlawlāif not
أَنanthat
صَبَرْنَاṣabarnāwe had been steadfast
عَلَيْهَاۚʿalayhāto them
وَسَوْفَwasawfaAnd soon
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnawill know
حِينَḥīnawhen
يَرَوْنَyarawnathey will see
ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
مَنْmanwho
أَضَلُّaḍallu(is) more astray
سَبِيلًاsabīlan(from the) way