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Quran 21:99

Surah Al-Anbiyaa, Verse 99

Juz 17 · Page 330 · Ruku 284 · Meccan

لَوْ كَانَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ءَالِهَةً مَّا وَرَدُوهَا وَكُلٌّ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

Word by word

لَوْ law If كَانَ kāna were هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ hāulāi these ءَالِهَةًۭ ālihatan gods مَّا mā not وَرَدُوهَا ۖ waradūhā they (would) have come to it وَكُلٌّۭ wakullun And all فِيهَا fīhā therein خَـٰلِدُونَ khālidūna will abide forever

Transliteration

Law kana haola-i alihatanma waradooha wakullun feeha khalidoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

If these had been gods they would not have come thither, but all will abide therein.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If these had been gods, they would not have got there! but each one will abide therein.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( لو كان هؤلاء آلهة ما وردوها ) يعني : لو كانت هذه الأصنام والأنداد التي اتخذتموها من دون الله آلهة صحيحة لما وردوا النار ، ولما دخلوها ، ( وكل فيها خالدون ) أي : العابدون ومعبوداتهم ، كلهم فيها خالدون ،

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.