Quran 18:15 — Al-Kahf, verse 15
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
These people of ours have taken gods other than Him. Why do they not produce clear evidence about them? Who could be more unjust than someone who makes up lies about God?
هَـٰؤُلَاءِ قَوْمُنَا اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِهِ آلِهَةً ۖ لَوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِسُلْطَانٍ بَيِّنٍ ۖ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا
hāulāi qawmunā ittakhadhū min dūnihi ālihatan lawlā yatūna ʿalayhim bisul'ṭānin bayyinin faman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- These our people have taken to them other gods, apart from Him. Ah, if only they would bring some clear authority regarding them! But who does greater evil than he who forges against God a lie?
- Muhammad Asad
- These people of ours have taken to worshipping [other] deities instead of Him, without being able to adduce any reasonable evidence in support of their beliefs; and who could be more wicked than he who invents a lie about God?
- Sahih International
- These, our people, have taken besides Him deities. Why do they not bring for [worship of] them a clear evidence? And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi | These | — |
| 2 | قَوْمُنَاqawmunā | our people | قوم |
| 3 | ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhū | have taken | أخذ |
| 4 | مِنmin | besides Him | — |
| 5 | دُونِهِۦٓdūnihi | besides Him | دون |
| 6 | ءَالِهَةًۭ ۖālihatan | gods | أله |
| 7 | لَّوْلَاlawlā | Why not | — |
| 8 | يَأْتُونَyatūna | they come | أتي |
| 9 | عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim | to them | — |
| 10 | بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۭbisul'ṭānin | with an authority | سلط |
| 11 | بَيِّنٍۢ ۖbayyinin | clear | بين |
| 12 | فَمَنْfaman | And who | — |
| 13 | أَظْلَمُaẓlamu | (is) more wrong | ظلم |
| 14 | مِمَّنِmimmani | than (one) who | — |
| 15 | ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarā | invents | فري |
| 16 | عَلَىʿalā | against | — |
| 17 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 18 | كَذِبًۭاkadhiban | a lie | كذب |