Surah Al-'Ankabut, Ayah 25 (29:25)

ٱلْعَنْكَبُوت

وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱتَّخَذْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْثَٰنًا مَّوَدَّةَ بَيْنِكُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ …

Quran 29:25 is ayah 25 of Surah Al-'Ankabut (“The Spider”), a Meccan surah of 69 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 399 of the Madani Mushaf.

29:25
وَقَالَإِنَّمَاٱتَّخَذْتُممِّندُونِٱللَّهِأَوْثَٰنًامَّوَدَّةَبَيْنِكُمْفِىٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَا ۖثُمَّيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِيَكْفُرُبَعْضُكُمبِبَعْضٍوَيَلْعَنُبَعْضُكُمبَعْضًاوَمَأْوَىٰكُمُٱلنَّارُوَمَالَكُممِّننَّٰصِرِينَ٢٥
waqāla innamā ittakhadhtum min dūni l-lahi awthānan mawaddata baynikum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā thumma yawma l-qiyāmati yakfuru baʿḍukum bibaʿḍin wayalʿanu baʿḍukum baʿḍan wamawākumu l-nāru wamā lakum min nāṣirīna

And [Abraham] said, "You have only taken, other than Allāh, idols as [a bond of] affection among you in worldly life. Then on the Day of Resurrection you will deny one another and curse one another, and your refuge will be the Fire, and you will not have any helpers."(25)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
  2. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  3. ٱتَّخَذْتُمittakhadhtumyou have taken
  4. مِّنminbesides
  5. دُونِdūnibesides
  6. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  7. أَوْثَٰنًاawthānanidols
  8. مَّوَدَّةَmawaddata(out of) love
  9. بَيْنِكُمْbaynikumamong you
  10. فِىfīin
  11. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
  12. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
  13. ثُمَّthummaThen
  14. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
  15. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
  16. يَكْفُرُyakfuruyou will deny
  17. بَعْضُكُمbaʿḍukumone another
  18. بِبَعْضٍbibaʿḍinone another
  19. وَيَلْعَنُwayalʿanuand curse
  20. بَعْضُكُمbaʿḍukumone another
  21. بَعْضًاbaʿḍanone another
  22. وَمَأْوَىٰكُمُwamawākumuand your abode
  23. ٱلنَّارُl-nāru(will be) the Fire
  24. وَمَاwamāand not
  25. لَكُمlakumfor you
  26. مِّنminany
  27. نَّٰصِرِينَnāṣirīnahelpers

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