Quran 40:74 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 74
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
besides God?’ They will say, ‘They have abandoned us: those we called upon before were really nothing at all.’ ‘This is how God lets disbelievers go astray,
مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ ۖ قَالُوا ضَلُّوا عَنَّا بَلْ لَمْ نَكُنْ نَدْعُو مِنْ قَبْلُ شَيْئًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ الْكَافِرِينَ
min dūni l-lahi qālū ḍallū ʿannā bal lam nakun nadʿū min qablu shayan kadhālika yuḍillu l-lahu l-kāfirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They shall say, 'They have gone astray from us; nay, but it was nothing at all that we called upon aforetime.' Even so God leads astray the unbelievers.
- Muhammad Asad
- side by side with God?” They will answer: “They have forsaken us - or, rather, what we were wont to invoke aforetime did not exist at all!” And they will be told:] “It is thus that God lets the deniers of the truth go astray:
- Sahih International
- Other than Allāh?" They will say, "They have departed from us; rather, we did not used to invoke previously anything." Thus does Allāh put astray the disbelievers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مِنmin | Other than | — |
| 2 | دُونِdūni | Other than | دون |
| 3 | ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 4 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They will say | قول |
| 5 | ضَلُّوا۟ḍallū | They have departed | ضلل |
| 6 | عَنَّاʿannā | from us | — |
| 7 | بَلbal | Nay | — |
| 8 | لَّمْlam | Not | — |
| 9 | نَكُنnakun | we used to | كون |
| 10 | نَّدْعُوا۟nadʿū | [we] call | دعو |
| 11 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 12 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 13 | شَيْـًۭٔا ۚshayan | anything | شيأ |
| 14 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 15 | يُضِلُّyuḍillu | Allah lets go astray | ضلل |
| 16 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah lets go astray | أله |
| 17 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna | the disbelievers | كفر |