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Al-Kahf 51

Ayah 51 of 110 · Meccan

۞ مَّآ أَشۡهَدتُّهُمۡ خَلۡقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا خَلۡقَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَمَا كُنتُ مُتَّخِذَ ٱلۡمُضِلِّينَ عَضُدٗا ٥١

I did not make them witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth or to the creation of themselves, and I would not have taken the misguiders as assistants.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ مَّآNotmā
  2. أَشۡهَدتُّهُمۡI made them witnessashhadttuhum
  3. خَلۡقَthe creationkhalqa
  4. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ(of) the heavensl-samāwāti
  5. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِand the earthwal-arḍi
  6. وَلَاand notwalā
  7. خَلۡقَthe creationkhalqa
  8. أَنفُسِهِمۡ(of) themselvesanfusihim
  9. وَمَاand notwamā
  10. كُنتُI Amkuntu
  11. مُتَّخِذَthe One to takemuttakhidha
  12. ٱلۡمُضِلِّينَthe misleadersl-muḍilīna
  13. عَضُدٗا(as) helper(s)ʿaḍudan

Tafsir

These whom you have taken as friends instead of me are all servants like you. I did not make them witness the creation of the heavens and the earth when I created them. In fact, they were not even existent then. I did not make some of them witness the creation of others. I am alone in creation and planning. I would not take those human and jinn satans who lead others astray as my assistants as I am in no need of any assistants.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran