Quran 43:87 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 87
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If you [Prophet] ask them who created them they are sure to say, ‘God,’ so why are they so deluded?
وَلَئِنْ سَأَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ
wala-in sa-altahum man khalaqahum layaqūlunna l-lahu fa-annā yu'fakūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If thou askest them, 'Who created you?' they will say, 'God.' How then are they perverted?
- Muhammad Asad
- Now if thou ask those [who worship any being other than God] as to who it is that has created them, they are sure to answer, “God.” How perverted, then, are their minds!
- Sahih International
- And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allāh." So how are they deluded?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَئِنwala-in | And if | — |
| 2 | سَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahum | you ask them | سأل |
| 3 | مَّنْman | who | — |
| 4 | خَلَقَهُمْkhalaqahum | created them | خلق |
| 5 | لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunna | they will certainly say | قول |
| 6 | ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 7 | فَأَنَّىٰfa-annā | Then how | أني |
| 8 | يُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūna | are they deluded | أفك |