الْفُرْقَانِ

Surah Al-Furqan, ayah 18

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25:18

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ مَا كَانَ یَنْبَغٖی لَنَٓا اَنْ نَتَّخِذَ مِنْ دُونِكَ مِنْ اَوْلِیَٓاءَ وَلٰكِنْ مَتَّعْتَهُمْ وَاٰبَٓاءَهُمْ حَتّٰى نَسُوا الذِّكْرَۚ وَكَانُوا قَوْمًا بُورًا

Qaloo subhanaka ma kana yanbaghee lana an nattakhitha min doonika min awliyaa walakin mattaAAtahum waabaahum hatta nasoo alththikra wakanoo qawman booran

Translations

They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined

Saheeh International

They will say: Be Thou Glorified! it was not for us to choose any protecting friends beside thee; but Thou didst give them and their fathers ease till they forgot the warning and became lost folk

Marmaduke Pickthall