Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:42

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Arabic English Morphology
قُل qul
Say V
If Prep
كَانَ kāna
(there) were V
with Him Noun
ءَالِهَةٌ ālihatun
gods Noun
كَمَا kamā
as Noun
they say V
إِذًا idhan
then Prep
surely they (would) have sought V
to Prep
ذِى dhī
(the) Owner Noun
ٱلْعَرْشِ l-ʿarshi
(of) the Throne Noun
سَبِيلًا sabīlan
a way Noun

Say, ‘If there were other gods along with Him, as they say there are, then they would have tried to find a way to the Lord of the Throne.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قُل لَّوۡ كَانَ مَعَهُۥۤ ءَالِهَةࣱ كَمَا یَقُولُونَ إِذࣰا لَّٱبۡتَغَوۡا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِی ٱلۡعَرۡشِ سَبِیلࣰا ۝٤٢

qul law kāna maʿahu ālihatun kamā yaqūlūna idhan la-ib'taghaw ilā dhī l-ʿarshi sabīla