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Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 58 (43:58)

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وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ ۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًۢا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ …

Quran 43:58 is ayah 58 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 493 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:58
وَقَالُوٓا۟ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَاخَيْرٌأَمْهُوَ ۚمَاضَرَبُوهُلَكَإِلَّاجَدَلًۢا ۚبَلْهُمْقَوْمٌخَصِمُونَ٥٨
waqālū aālihatunā khayrun am huwa mā ḍarabūhu laka illā jadalan bal hum qawmun khaṣimūna

And they said, "Are our gods better, or is he?" They did not present it [i.e., the comparison] except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.(58)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they said
  2. ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَاaālihatunāAre our gods
  3. خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter
  4. أَمْamor
  5. هُوَ ۚhuwahe
  6. مَاmāNot
  7. ضَرَبُوهُḍarabūhuthey present it
  8. لَكَlakato you
  9. إِلَّاillāexcept
  10. جَدَلًۢا ۚjadalan(for) argument
  11. بَلْbalNay
  12. هُمْhumthey
  13. قَوْمٌqawmun(are) a people
  14. خَصِمُونَkhaṣimūnaargumentative

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