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Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 15 (18:15)

ٱلْكَهْف

هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمُنَا ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً ۖ لَّوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِسُلْطَٰنٍۭ بَيِّنٍ …

Quran 18:15 is ayah 15 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 294 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:15
هَٰٓؤُلَآءِقَوْمُنَاٱتَّخَذُوا۟مِندُونِهِۦٓءَالِهَةً ۖلَّوْلَايَأْتُونَعَلَيْهِمبِسُلْطَٰنٍۭبَيِّنٍ ۖفَمَنْأَظْلَمُمِمَّنِٱفْتَرَىٰعَلَىٱللَّهِكَذِبًا١٥
hāulāi qawmunā ittakhadhū min dūnihi ālihatan lawlā yatūna ʿalayhim bisul'ṭānin bayyinin faman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban

These, our people, have taken besides Him deities. Why do they not bring for [worship of] them a clear evidence? And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie?"(15)

Word by word

  1. هَٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiThese
  2. قَوْمُنَاqawmunāour people
  3. ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūhave taken
  4. مِنminbesides Him
  5. دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
  6. ءَالِهَةً ۖālihatangods
  7. لَّوْلَاlawlāWhy not
  8. يَأْتُونَyatūnathey come
  9. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto them
  10. بِسُلْطَٰنٍۭbisul'ṭāninwith an authority
  11. بَيِّنٍ ۖbayyininclear
  12. فَمَنْfamanAnd who
  13. أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more wrong
  14. مِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) who
  15. ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvents
  16. عَلَىʿalāagainst
  17. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  18. كَذِبًاkadhibana lie

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