سَبَأ : ٤١

  • قَالُواْ They will say
  • سُبۡحَٰنَكَ Glory be to You
  • أَنتَ You
  • وَلِيُّنَا (are) our Protector
  • مِن not them
  • دُونِهِمۖ not them
  • بَلۡ Nay
  • كَانُواْ they used
  • يَعۡبُدُونَ (to) worship
  • ٱلۡجِنَّۖ the jinn
  • أَكۡثَرُهُم most of them
  • بِهِم in them
  • مُّؤۡمِنُونَ (were) believers
They will say, "Exalted are You! You, [O Allāh], are our benefactor excluding [i.e., not] them. Rather, they used to worship the jinn; most of them were believers in them."
They will say, 'Glory be to You, exalted above that You should have an associate! You are our Supporter, not they, in other words, as far as we are concerned there are no bonds of association between us and them. Nay, (bal, is to indicate transition) rather, they used to worship the jinn, the devils, in other words, [they used to] obey them and [agree to] worship us; most of them were believers in them', accepting as truth what these [jinn] used to say to them.