Surah Al-Furqan 25:42 — translation and meaning

الفرقان · Verse 42 / 77 · Page 363

ۚ إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ آلِهَتِنَا لَوْلَا أَن صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

Word by Word

ۚ
إِن
in
He would have almost
كَادَ
kada
He would have almost
لَيُضِلُّنَا
layudilluna
[surely] misled us
عَنْ
an
from
آلِهَتِنَا
alihatina
our gods
لَوْلَا
lawla
if not
أَن
an
that
صَبَرْنَا
sabarna
we had been steadfast
عَلَيْهَا
alayha
to them
وَسَوْفَ
wasawfa
And soon
يَعْلَمُونَ
ya'lamuna
will know
حِينَ
hina
when
يَرَوْنَ
yarawna
they will see
الْعَذَابَ
al-'adhaba
the punishment
مَنْ
man
who
أَضَلُّ
adallu
(is) more astray
سَبِيلًا
sabilan
(from the) way

Transliteration

In kaada la yudillunaa 'an aalihatinaa law laaa an sabarnaa 'alaihaa; wa sawfa ya'lamoona heena yarawnal 'azaaba man adallu sabeela

Translation

He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

He almost led us astray from the worship of our gods. If we had not stood so firmly by their worship, he would have turned us away from it by his arguments and proofs. They will soon come to know, when they see the punishment in their graves and on the Day of Judgement, who is furthest from the path - is it them or he - and they will come to know which of them is astray.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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