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Az-Zukhruf 20

Ayah 20 of 89 · Meccan

وَقَالُواْ لَوۡ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ مَا عَبَدۡنَٰهُمۗ مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَخۡرُصُونَ ٢٠

And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but misjudging.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالُواْAnd they saywaqālū
  2. لَوۡIflaw
  3. شَآءَhad willedshāa
  4. ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُthe Most Graciousl-raḥmānu
  5. مَاwe would not have worshipped themmā
  6. عَبَدۡنَٰهُمۗwe would not have worshipped themʿabadnāhum
  7. مَّاNotmā
  8. لَهُمthey havelahum
  9. بِذَٰلِكَabout thatbidhālika
  10. مِنۡanymin
  11. عِلۡمٍۖknowledgeʿil'min
  12. إِنۡNothingin
  13. هُمۡthey (do)hum
  14. إِلَّاbutillā
  15. يَخۡرُصُونَlieyakhruṣūna

Tafsir

And they say, using divine decree as evidence, “If Allah willed that we did not worship the angels, we would not have worshipped them. So because He willed for it to happen, it proves He was happy with it.” They make this statement out of ignorance; they are only lying.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran