Surah Al-Furqan, Ayah 18 (25:18)

ٱلْفُرْقَان

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِى لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَٰكِن …

Quran 25:18 is ayah 18 of Surah Al-Furqan (“The Criterion”), a Meccan surah of 77 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 361 of the Madani Mushaf.

25:18
قَالُوا۟سُبْحَٰنَكَمَاكَانَيَنۢبَغِىلَنَآأَننَّتَّخِذَمِندُونِكَمِنْأَوْلِيَآءَوَلَٰكِنمَّتَّعْتَهُمْوَءَابَآءَهُمْحَتَّىٰنَسُوا۟ٱلذِّكْرَوَكَانُوا۟قَوْمًۢابُورًا١٨
qālū sub'ḥānaka mā kāna yanbaghī lanā an nattakhidha min dūnika min awliyāa walākin mattaʿtahum waābāahum ḥattā nasū l-dhik'ra wakānū qawman būran

They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies [i.e., protectors]. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."(18)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey say
  2. سُبْحَٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
  3. مَاmāNot
  4. كَانَkānait was proper
  5. يَنۢبَغِىyanbaghīit was proper
  6. لَنَآlanāfor us
  7. أَنanthat
  8. نَّتَّخِذَnattakhidhawe take
  9. مِنminbesides You
  10. دُونِكَdūnikabesides You
  11. مِنْminany
  12. أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors
  13. وَلَٰكِنwalākinBut
  14. مَّتَّعْتَهُمْmattaʿtahumYou gave them comforts
  15. وَءَابَآءَهُمْwaābāahumand their forefathers
  16. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  17. نَسُوا۟nasūthey forgot
  18. ٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe Message
  19. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand became
  20. قَوْمًۢاqawmana people
  21. بُورًاbūranruined

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