Quran 25:18 — Al-Furqaan, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They will say, ‘May You be exalted! We ourselves would never take masters other than You! But You granted them and their forefathers pleasures in this life, until they forgot Your Reminder and were ruined.’
قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنْبَغِي لَنَا أَنْ نَتَّخِذَ مِنْ دُونِكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ وَلَـٰكِنْ مَتَّعْتَهُمْ وَآبَاءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَسُوا الذِّكْرَ وَكَانُوا قَوْمًا بُورًا
qālū sub'ḥānaka mā kāna yanbaghī lanā an nattakhidha min dūnika min awliyāa walākin mattaʿtahum waābāahum ḥattā nasū l-dhik'ra wakānū qawman būran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They shall 'Glory be to Thee! It did not behove us to take unto say, ourselves protectors apart from Thee; but Thou gavest them and their fathers enjoyment of days, until they forgot
- Muhammad Asad
- They will answer: “Limitless art Thou in Thy glory! It was inconceivable for us to take for our masters anyone but Thyself! But [as for them -] Thou didst allow them and their forefathers to enjoy [the pleasures of] life to such an extent that they forgot all remembrance [of Thee]: for they were people devoid of all good.”
- Sahih International
- They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies [i.e., protectors]. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They say | قول |
| 2 | سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānaka | Glory be to You | سبح |
| 3 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 4 | كَانَkāna | it was proper | كون |
| 5 | يَنۢبَغِىyanbaghī | it was proper | بغي |
| 6 | لَنَآlanā | for us | — |
| 7 | أَنan | that | — |
| 8 | نَّتَّخِذَnattakhidha | we take | أخذ |
| 9 | مِنmin | besides You | — |
| 10 | دُونِكَdūnika | besides You | دون |
| 11 | مِنْmin | any | — |
| 12 | أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa | protectors | ولي |
| 13 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | But | — |
| 14 | مَّتَّعْتَهُمْmattaʿtahum | You gave them comforts | متع |
| 15 | وَءَابَآءَهُمْwaābāahum | and their forefathers | أبو |
| 16 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 17 | نَسُوا۟nasū | they forgot | نسي |
| 18 | ٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'ra | the Message | ذكر |
| 19 | وَكَانُوا۟wakānū | and became | كون |
| 20 | قَوْمًۢاqawman | a people | قوم |
| 21 | بُورًۭاbūran | ruined | بور |