The Criterion
25. Al-Furqān
الفرقان
al-Furqān (The Criterion)
ٱلْفُرْقَان
25:18
قَالُوا
سُبْحَانَكَ
مَا
كَانَ
يَنبَغِي
لَنَا
أَن
نَّتَّخِذَ
مِن
دُونِكَ
مِنْ
أَوْلِيَاءَ
وَلَكِن
مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ
وَآبَاءَهُمْ
حَتَّى
نَسُوا
الذِّكْرَ
وَكَانُوا
قَوْمًا
بُورًا
qālū subḥānaka mā kāna yanbaghī lanā ʾan nattakhidha min dūnika min ʾawliyāʾa wa-lākin mattaʿtahum wa-ʾābāʾahum ḥattā nasū dh-dhikra wa-kānū qawman būran
They will reply, "Lord, You alone deserve all glory! We were not supposed to choose any guardian other than you. Since you have been benevolent to these people and their fathers, they forgot Your guidance and, thus, became subject to perdition."