Quran 21:99 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 99
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
if these [idols] had been real gods they would not have gone there- you will all stay there.
لَوْ كَانَ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ آلِهَةً مَا وَرَدُوهَا ۖ وَكُلٌّ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ
law kāna hāulāi ālihatan mā waradūhā wakullun fīhā khālidūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If those had been gods, they would never have gone down to it; yet every one of them shall therein abide forever;'
- Muhammad Asad
- If those [false objects of your worship] had truly been divine, they would not have been destined for it: but [as it is, you] all shall abide therein!”
- Sahih International
- Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَوْlaw | If | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | were | كون |
| 3 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi | these | — |
| 4 | ءَالِهَةًۭālihatan | gods | أله |
| 5 | مَّاmā | not | — |
| 6 | وَرَدُوهَا ۖwaradūhā | they (would) have come to it | ورد |
| 7 | وَكُلٌّۭwakullun | And all | كلل |
| 8 | فِيهَاfīhā | therein | — |
| 9 | خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna | will abide forever | خلد |