Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 99 (21:99)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

لَوْ كَانَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ءَالِهَةً مَّا وَرَدُوهَا ۖ وَكُلٌّ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

Quran 21:99 is ayah 99 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 330 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:99
لَوْكَانَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِءَالِهَةًمَّاوَرَدُوهَا ۖوَكُلٌّفِيهَاخَٰلِدُونَ٩٩
law kāna hāulāi ālihatan mā waradūhā wakullun fīhā khālidūna

Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein.(99)

Word by word

  1. لَوْlawIf
  2. كَانَkānawere
  3. هَٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
  4. ءَالِهَةًālihatangods
  5. مَّاmānot
  6. وَرَدُوهَا ۖwaradūhāthey (would) have come to it
  7. وَكُلٌّwakullunAnd all
  8. فِيهَاfīhātherein
  9. خَٰلِدُونَkhālidūnawill abide forever

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