The Criterion
25. Al-Furqān
الفرقان
al-Furqān (The Criterion)
ٱلْفُرْقَان
25:42
إِن
كَادَ
لَيُضِلُّنَا
عَنْ
آلِهَتِنَا
لَوْلَا
أَن
صَبَرْنَا
عَلَيْهَا
وَسَوْفَ
يَعْلَمُونَ
حِينَ
يَرَوْنَ
الْعَذَابَ
مَنْ
أَضَلُّ
سَبِيلًا
ʾin kāda la-yuḍillunā ʿan ʾālihatinā law-lā ʾan ṣabarnā ʿalayhā wa-sawfa yaʿlamūna ḥīna yarawna l-ʿadhāba man ʾaḍallu sabīlan
Had we not been steadfast he would almost have led us astray from our gods." On facing torment they will soon know who had really gone astray.