ٱلزُّخْرُف : ٢٠

  • وَقَالُواْ And they say
  • لَوۡ If
  • شَآءَ had willed
  • ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ the Most Gracious
  • مَا (we would) not
  • عَبَدۡنَٰهُمۗ have worshiped them
  • مَّا Not
  • لَهُم they have
  • بِذَٰلِكَ about that
  • مِنۡ any
  • عِلۡمٍۖ knowledge
  • إِنۡ Nothing
  • هُمۡ they (do)
  • إِلَّا but
  • يَخۡرُصُونَ lie
And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but misjudging.
And they say, 'Had the Compassionate One [so] willed, we would not have worshipped them', the angels: therefore our worship of them happens by His will and so He must be satisfied with it. God, exalted be He, says: They do not have any knowledge of that, which is said of His being satisfied with the worship of these [angels]; and they are only surmising, inventing lies in this [respect] and so punishment will befall them as a result thereof.