Quran 25:42

Surah Al-Furqaan, Verse 42

Juz 19 · Page 363 · Ruku 313 · Meccan

إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوْلَآ أَن صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

Word by word

إِن in He would have almost كَادَ kāda He would have almost لَيُضِلُّنَا layuḍillunā [surely] misled us عَنْ ʿan from ءَالِهَتِنَا ālihatinā our gods لَوْلَآ lawlā if not أَن an that صَبَرْنَا ṣabarnā we had been steadfast عَلَيْهَا ۚ ʿalayhā to them وَسَوْفَ wasawfa And soon يَعْلَمُونَ yaʿlamūna will know حِينَ ḥīna when يَرَوْنَ yarawna they will see ٱلْعَذَابَ l-ʿadhāba the punishment مَنْ man who أَضَلُّ aḍallu (is) more astray سَبِيلًا sabīlan (from the) way

Transliteration

In kada layudillunaAAan alihatina lawla an sabarnaAAalayha wasawfa yaAAlamoona heena yarawna alAAathabaman adallu sabeela

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

He would have led us far away from our gods if we had not been staunch to them. They will know, when they behold the doom, who is more astray as to the road.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"He indeed would well-nigh have misled us from our gods, had it not been that we were constant to them!" - Soon will they know, when they see the Penalty, who it is that is most misled in Path!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقولهم : ( إن كاد ليضلنا عن آلهتنا لولا أن صبرنا عليها ) يعنون : أنه كاد يثنيهم عن عبادة أصنامهم ، لولا أن صبروا وتجلدوا واستمروا على عبادتها . قال الله تعالى متوعدا لهم ومتهددا : ( وسوف يعلمون حين يرون العذاب من أضل سبيلا ) .

ثم قال تعالى لنبيه ، منبها له أن من كتب الله عليه الشقاوة والضلال ، فإنه لا يهديه أحد إلا الله .