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Al-Furqan (The Criterion)

Verse 18of 77

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِى لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَٰكِن مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَسُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بُورًۭا﴿١٨

Translation (Sahih International)

They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالُوا۟qālūThey say
سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
مَاNot
كَانَkānait was proper
يَنۢبَغِىyanbaghīit was proper
لَنَآlanāfor us
أَنanthat
نَّتَّخِذَnattakhidhawe take
مِنminbesides You
دُونِكَdūnikabesides You
مِنْminany
أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinBut
مَّتَّعْتَهُمْmattaʿtahumYou gave them comforts
وَءَابَآءَهُمْwaābāahumand their forefathers
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
نَسُوا۟nasūthey forgot
ٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe Message
وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand became
قَوْمًۢاqawmana people
بُورًۭاbūranruined

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The gods of the Idolators will disown Them on the Day of ResurrectionAllah tells us about what will happen on the Day of Resurrection, when those whom the idolators used to worship instead of Allah, angels and others, will rebuke them. Allah says:وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ(And on the Day when He will gather them together and that which they worship besides Allah.) Mujahid said, "This means `Isa, `Uzayr and the angels.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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