The Ornaments of Gold
43. Az-Zukhruf
الزخرف
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وَقَالُوا
لَوْ
شَاءَ
الرَّحْمَنُ
مَا
عَبَدْنَاهُم
مَّا
لَهُم
بِذَلِكَ
مِنْ
عِلْمٍ
إِنْ
هُمْ
إِلَّا
يَخْرُصُونَ
wa-qālū law shāʾa r-raḥmānu mā ʿabadnāhum mā lahum bi-dhālika min ʿilmin ʾin hum ʾillā yakhruṣūna
They say, ‘Had the All-beneficent wished, we would not have worshipped them.’ They do not have any knowledge of that, and they do nothing but surmise.
— Ali Quli Qarai
("Ah!") they say, "If it had been the will of (Allah) Most Gracious, we should not have worshipped such (deities)!" Of that they have no knowledge! they do nothing but lie!
