Quran 46:28

Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 28

Juz 26 · Page 505 · Ruku 441 · Meccan

فَلَوْلَا نَصَرَهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قُرْبَانًا ءَالِهَةًۢ بَلْ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنْهُمْ وَذَٰلِكَ إِفْكُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

Word by word

فَلَوْلَا falawlā Then why (did) not نَصَرَهُمُ naṣarahumu help them ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those whom ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ittakhadhū they had taken مِن min besides دُونِ dūni besides ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah قُرْبَانًا qur'bānan gods as a way of approach ءَالِهَةًۢ ۖ ālihatan gods as a way of approach بَلْ bal Nay ضَلُّوا۟ ḍallū they were lost عَنْهُمْ ۚ ʿanhum from them وَذَٰلِكَ wadhālika And that إِفْكُهُمْ if'kuhum (was) their falsehood وَمَا wamā and what كَانُوا۟ kānū they were يَفْتَرُونَ yaftarūna inventing

Transliteration

Falawla nasarahumu allatheenaittakhathoo min dooni Allahi qurbanan alihatanbal dalloo AAanhum wathalika ifkuhum wama kanooyaftaroon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Then why did those whom they had chosen for gods as a way of approach (unto Allah) not help them? Nay, but they did fail them utterly. And (all) that was their lie, and what they used to invent.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Why then was no help forthcoming to them from those whom they worshipped as gods, besides Allah, as a means of access (to Allah)? Nay, they left them in the lurch: but that was their falsehood and their invention.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

أي : فهلا نصروهم عند احتياجهم إليهم ، ( بل ضلوا عنهم ) أي : بل ذهبوا عنهم أحوج ما كانوا إليهم ، ( وذلك إفكهم ) أي : كذبهم ، ( وما كانوا يفترون ) أي : وافتراؤهم في اتخاذهم إياهم آلهة ، وقد خابوا وخسروا في عبادتهم لها ، واعتمادهم عليها .