The Criterion, The Standard — Verse 18

25:18 · al-Furqan

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The Criterion, The Standard 25:18

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Arabic English Morphology
قَالُوا۟ qālū
They say V
سُبْحَٰنَكَ sub'ḥānaka
Glory be to You Noun
مَا mā
Not Prep
كَانَ kāna
it was proper V
يَنۢبَغِى yanbaghī
it was proper V
لَنَآ lanā
for us Noun
أَن an
that Prep
نَّتَّخِذَ nattakhidha
we take V
مِن min
besides You Prep
دُونِكَ dūnika
besides You Noun
مِنْ min
any Prep
أَوْلِيَآءَ awliyāa
protectors Noun
وَلَٰكِن walākin
But Prep
مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ mattaʿtahum
You gave them comforts V
وَءَابَآءَهُمْ waābāahum
and their forefathers Noun
حَتَّىٰ ḥattā
until Prep
نَسُوا۟ nasū
they forgot V
ٱلذِّكْرَ l-dhik'ra
the Message Noun
وَكَانُوا۟ wakānū
and became V
قَوْمًۢا qawman
a people Noun
بُورًا būran
ruined Noun

They will say, ‘May You be exalted! We ourselves would never take masters other than You! But You granted them and their forefathers pleasures in this life, until they forgot Your Reminder and were ruined.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالُوا۟ سُبۡحَـٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ یَنۢبَغِی لَنَاۤ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنۡ أَوۡلِیَاۤءَ وَلَـٰكِن مَّتَّعۡتَهُمۡ وَءَابَاۤءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ نَسُوا۟ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوۡمَۢا بُورࣰا ۝١٨

qālū sub'ḥānaka mā kāna yanbaghī lanā an nattakhidha min dūnika min awliyāa walākin mattaʿtahum waābāahum ḥattā nasū l-dhik'ra wakānū qawman būra

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