Quran 18:51 — Al-Kahf, verse 51
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
I did not make them witnesses to the creation of the heavens and earth, nor to their own creation; I do not take as My supporters those who lead others astray.
مَا أَشْهَدْتُهُمْ خَلْقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَمَا كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذَ الْمُضِلِّينَ عَضُدًا
mā ashhadttuhum khalqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍi walā khalqa anfusihim wamā kuntu muttakhidha l-muḍilīna ʿaḍudan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- I made them not witnesses of the creation of the heavens and earth, neither of the creation of themselves; I would not ever take those who lead others astray to be My supporters.
- Muhammad Asad
- I did not make them witnesses of the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor of the creation of their own selves; and neither do I [have any need to] take as My helpers those [beings] that lead [men] astray.
- Sahih International
- I did not make them witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth or to the creation of themselves, and I would not have taken the misguiders as assistants.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ مَّآmā | Not | — |
| 2 | أَشْهَدتُّهُمْashhadttuhum | I made them witness | شهد |
| 3 | خَلْقَkhalqa | the creation | خلق |
| 4 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (of) the heavens | سمو |
| 5 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 6 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 7 | خَلْقَkhalqa | the creation | خلق |
| 8 | أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihim | (of) themselves | نفس |
| 9 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 10 | كُنتُkuntu | I Am | كون |
| 11 | مُتَّخِذَmuttakhidha | the One to take | أخذ |
| 12 | ٱلْمُضِلِّينَl-muḍilīna | the misleaders | ضلل |
| 13 | عَضُدًۭاʿaḍudan | (as) helper(s) | عضد |