Quran 40:74

Surah Al-Ghaafir, Verse 74

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مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا بَل لَّمْ نَكُن نَّدْعُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ شَيْـًٔا كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

Word by word

مِن min Other than دُونِ dūni Other than ٱللَّهِ ۖ l-lahi Allah قَالُوا۟ qālū They will say ضَلُّوا۟ ḍallū They have departed عَنَّا ʿannā from us بَل bal Nay لَّمْ lam Not نَكُن nakun we used to نَّدْعُوا۟ nadʿū [we] call مِن min before قَبْلُ qablu before شَيْـًۭٔا ۚ shayan anything كَذَٰلِكَ kadhālika Thus يُضِلُّ yuḍillu Allah lets go astray ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah lets go astray ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ l-kāfirīna the disbelievers

Transliteration

Min dooni Allahi qaloo dallooAAanna bal lam nakun nadAAoo min qablu shay-an kathalikayudillu Allahu alkafireen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Beside Allah? They say: They have failed us; but we used not to pray to anything before. Thus doth Allah send astray the disbelievers (in His guidance).

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"In derogation of Allah?" They will reply: "They have left us in the lurch: Nay, we invoked not, of old, anything (that had real existence)." Thus does Allah leave the Unbelievers to stray.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( قالوا ضلوا عنا ) أي : ذهبوا فلم ينفعونا ، ( بل لم نكن ندعو من قبل شيئا ) أي : جحدوا عبادتهم ، كقوله تعالى : ( ثم لم تكن فتنتهم إلا أن قالوا والله ربنا ما كنا مشركين ) [ الأنعام : 23 ] ; ولهذا قال : ( كذلك يضل الله الكافرين ) .