Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 87 (43:87)

ٱلزُّخْرُف

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

Quran 43:87 is ayah 87 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 495 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:87
وَلَئِنسَأَلْتَهُممَّنْخَلَقَهُمْلَيَقُولُنَّٱللَّهُ ۖفَأَنَّىٰيُؤْفَكُونَ٨٧
wala-in sa-altahum man khalaqahum layaqūlunna l-lahu fa-annā yu'fakūna

And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allāh." So how are they deluded?(87)

Word by word

  1. وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
  2. سَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumyou ask them
  3. مَّنْmanwho
  4. خَلَقَهُمْkhalaqahumcreated them
  5. لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnathey will certainly say
  6. ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah
  7. فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāThen how
  8. يُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūnaare they deluded

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