Quran 16:86 — An-Nahl, verse 86
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When the idolaters see the partners they joined with God they will say, ‘Our Lord, these are the partners we used to invoke beside You,’ but the partners will retort, ‘You are liars,’
وَإِذَا رَأَى الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا شُرَكَاءَهُمْ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا هَـٰؤُلَاءِ شُرَكَاؤُنَا الَّذِينَ كُنَّا نَدْعُو مِنْ دُونِكَ ۖ فَأَلْقَوْا إِلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلَ إِنَّكُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ
wa-idhā raā alladhīna ashrakū shurakāahum qālū rabbanā hāulāi shurakāunā alladhīna kunnā nadʿū min dūnika fa-alqaw ilayhimu l-qawla innakum lakādhibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when the idolaters behold their associates, they shall say, 'Our Lord, these are our associates on whom we called apart from Thee.' They will fling back at them the saying, 'Surely, you are truly liars.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And when they who were wont to ascribe divinity to beings other than God behold [on Judgment Day] those beings to whom they were wont to ascribe a share in His divinity, they will exclaim: "O our Sustainer! These are the beings to whom we ascribed a share in Thy divinity, and whom we were wont to invoke instead of Thee!" -whereupon [those beings] will fling at them the retort: "Behold, you have indeed been lying [to yourselves]!"
- Sahih International
- And when those who associated others with Allāh see their "partners," they will say, "Our Lord, these are our partners [to You] whom we used to invoke [in worship] besides You." But they will throw at them the statement, "Indeed, you are liars."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | رَءَاraā | (will) see | رأي |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | أَشْرَكُوا۟ashrakū | associated partners with Allah | شرك |
| 5 | شُرَكَآءَهُمْshurakāahum | their partners | شرك |
| 6 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They will say | قول |
| 7 | رَبَّنَاrabbanā | Our Lord | ربب |
| 8 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi | these | — |
| 9 | شُرَكَآؤُنَاshurakāunā | (are) our partners | شرك |
| 10 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those whom | — |
| 11 | كُنَّاkunnā | we used to | كون |
| 12 | نَدْعُوا۟nadʿū | invoke | دعو |
| 13 | مِنmin | besides You | — |
| 14 | دُونِكَ ۖdūnika | besides You | دون |
| 15 | فَأَلْقَوْا۟fa-alqaw | But they (will) throw back | لقي |
| 16 | إِلَيْهِمُilayhimu | at them | — |
| 17 | ٱلْقَوْلَl-qawla | (their) word | قول |
| 18 | إِنَّكُمْinnakum | Indeed, you | — |
| 19 | لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūna | (are) surely liars | كذب |