Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 20 (43:20)

ٱلزُّخْرُف

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنَٰهُم ۗ مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ …

Quran 43:20 is ayah 20 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 490 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:20
وَقَالُوا۟لَوْشَآءَٱلرَّحْمَٰنُمَاعَبَدْنَٰهُم ۗمَّالَهُمبِذَٰلِكَمِنْعِلْمٍ ۖإِنْهُمْإِلَّايَخْرُصُونَ٢٠
waqālū law shāa l-raḥmānu mā ʿabadnāhum mā lahum bidhālika min ʿil'min in hum illā yakhruṣūna

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.(20)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
  2. لَوْlawIf
  3. شَآءَshāahad willed
  4. ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
  5. مَاmāwe would not have worshipped them
  6. عَبَدْنَٰهُم ۗʿabadnāhumwe would not have worshipped them
  7. مَّاmāNot
  8. لَهُمlahumthey have
  9. بِذَٰلِكَbidhālikaabout that
  10. مِنْminany
  11. عِلْمٍ ۖʿil'minknowledge
  12. إِنْinNothing
  13. هُمْhumthey (do)
  14. إِلَّاillābut
  15. يَخْرُصُونَyakhruṣūnalie

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