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Surah Al-Ahqaf, Ayah 5 (46:5)

ٱلْأَحْقَاف

وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَن لَّا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُۥٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ …

Quran 46:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Al-Ahqaf (“The Wind-Curved Sandhills”), a Meccan surah of 35 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 502 of the Madani Mushaf.

46:5
وَمَنْأَضَلُّمِمَّنيَدْعُوا۟مِندُونِٱللَّهِمَنلَّايَسْتَجِيبُلَهُۥٓإِلَىٰيَوْمِٱلْقِيَٰمَةِوَهُمْعَندُعَآئِهِمْغَٰفِلُونَ٥
waman aḍallu mimman yadʿū min dūni l-lahi man lā yastajību lahu ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati wahum ʿan duʿāihim ghāfilūna

And who is more astray than he who invokes besides Allāh those who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection [i.e., never], and they, of their invocation, are unaware.(5)

Word by word

  1. وَمَنْwamanAnd who
  2. أَضَلُّaḍallu(is) more astray
  3. مِمَّنmimmanthan (he) who
  4. يَدْعُوا۟yadʿūcalls
  5. مِنminbesides
  6. دُونِdūnibesides
  7. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  8. مَنmanwho
  9. لَّاlāwill not respond
  10. يَسْتَجِيبُyastajībuwill not respond
  11. لَهُۥٓlahuto him
  12. إِلَىٰilāuntil
  13. يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
  14. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) Resurrection
  15. وَهُمْwahumand they
  16. عَنʿanof
  17. دُعَآئِهِمْduʿāihimtheir calls
  18. غَٰفِلُونَghāfilūna(are) unaware

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