Quran 25:42 — Al-Furqaan, verse 42
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He might almost have led us astray from our gods if we had not stood so firmly by them.’ When they see the punishment, they will know who is furthest from the path.
إِنْ كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ آلِهَتِنَا لَوْلَا أَنْ صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا ۚ وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
in kāda layuḍillunā ʿan ālihatinā lawlā an ṣabarnā ʿalayhā wasawfa yaʿlamūna ḥīna yarawna l-ʿadhāba man aḍallu sabīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Wellnigh he had led us astray from our gods, but that we kept steadfast to them.' Assuredly they shall know, when they see the chastisement, who is further astray from the way.
- Muhammad Asad
- Indeed, he would well-nigh have led us astray from our deities, had we not been [so] steadfastly attached to them!” But in time, when they see the suffering [that awaits them], they will come to know who it was that went farthest astray from the path [of truth]!
- Sahih International
- He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنin | He would have almost | — |
| 2 | كَادَkāda | He would have almost | كود |
| 3 | لَيُضِلُّنَاlayuḍillunā | [surely] misled us | ضلل |
| 4 | عَنْʿan | from | — |
| 5 | ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatinā | our gods | أله |
| 6 | لَوْلَآlawlā | if not | — |
| 7 | أَنan | that | — |
| 8 | صَبَرْنَاṣabarnā | we had been steadfast | صبر |
| 9 | عَلَيْهَا ۚʿalayhā | to them | — |
| 10 | وَسَوْفَwasawfa | And soon | — |
| 11 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | will know | علم |
| 12 | حِينَḥīna | when | حين |
| 13 | يَرَوْنَyarawna | they will see | رأي |
| 14 | ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhāba | the punishment | عذب |
| 15 | مَنْman | who | — |
| 16 | أَضَلُّaḍallu | (is) more astray | ضلل |
| 17 | سَبِيلًاsabīlan | (from the) way | سبل |