The Criterion
25. Al-Furqān
الفرقان
al-Furqān (The Criterion)
ٱلْفُرْقَان
25:21
وَقَالَ
الَّذِينَ
لَا
يَرْجُونَ
لِقَاءَنَا
لَوْلَا
أُنزِلَ
عَلَيْنَا
الْمَلَائِكَةُ
أَوْ
نَرَى
رَبَّنَا
لَقَدِ
اسْتَكْبَرُوا
فِي
أَنفُسِهِمْ
وَعَتَوْا
عُتُوًّا
كَبِيرًا
wa-qāla lladhīna lā yarjūna liqāʾanā law-lā ʾunzila ʿalaynā l-malāʾikatu ʾaw narā rabbanā la-qadi stakbarū fī ʾanfusihim wa-ʿataw ʿutuwwan kabīran
Those who have no desire to meet Us have said, "Would that the angels had been sent to us or that we could see our Lord." They are really filled with pride and have committed the greatest and worst kind of rebellion and hostility.