Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:74

40:74

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا بَل لَّمْ نَكُن نَّدْعُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ شَيْـًٔا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

min dūni l-lahi qālū ḍallū ʿannā bal lam nakun nadʿū min qablu shayan kadhālika yuḍillu l-lahu l-kāfirīna

Other than Allāh?" They will say, "They have departed from us; rather, we did not used to invoke previously anything." Thus does Allāh put astray the disbelievers.

— Saheeh International

besides God?’ They will say, ‘They have abandoned us: those we called upon before were really nothing at all.’ ‘This is how God lets disbelievers go astray,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Besides Allâh"? They will say: "They have vanished from us: Nay, we did not invoke (worship) anything before." Thus Allâh leads astray the disbelievers.

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

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Word by Word

مِنminOther than
دُونِdūniOther than
ٱللَّهِۖl-lahiAllah
قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
ضَلُّوا۟ḍallūThey have departed
عَنَّاʿannāfrom us
بَلbalNay
لَّمْlamNot
نَكُنnakunwe used to
نَّدْعُوا۟nadʿū[we] call
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُqablubefore
شَيْـًۭٔاۚshayananything
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
يُضِلُّyuḍilluAllah lets go astray
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah lets go astray
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers