ٱلْفُرْقَان : ١٨

  • قَالُواْ They say
  • سُبۡحَٰنَكَ Glory be to You
  • مَا Not
  • كَانَ it was proper
  • يَنۢبَغِي it was proper
  • لَنَآ for us
  • أَن that
  • نَّتَّخِذَ we take
  • مِن besides You
  • دُونِكَ besides You
  • مِنۡ any
  • أَوۡلِيَآءَ protectors
  • وَلَٰكِن But
  • مَّتَّعۡتَهُمۡ You gave them comforts
  • وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ and their forefathers
  • حَتَّىٰ until
  • نَسُواْ they forgot
  • ٱلذِّكۡرَ the Message
  • وَكَانُواْ and became
  • قَوۡمَۢا a people
  • بُورٗا ruined
They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies [i.e., protectors]. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."
They will say, 'Glory be to You - exalted be You above what does not befit You! It was not, it would [not] have been right, for us to take any guardians besides You, that is, other than You (min awliyaa'a, the first direct object, the min being extra, [added] to emphasise the negation; the preceding [min doonika, 'besides You'] is the second [direct object]). So how can we command that we be worshipped? But You gave them and their fathers, before them, ease [of living], by granting [them] long life and abundant provision, until they forgot the Remembrance, [until] they became remiss about admonitions and belief in Al-Qur'an, and became a lost folk', [a folk] destroyed. God, exalted be He, says: