سورة الزخرف، الآية ٨٧
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ ٨٧
wala-in sa-altahum man khalaqahum layaqūlunna l-lahu fa-annā yu'fakūna
And if you asked them1454 who created them, they would surely say, "Allāh." So how are they deluded?
[1454] Those who associate others with Allāh.
Verse 87 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (43:87), a Meccan surah, is in juz 25, on page 495 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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And if you ask them, “Who created you?” they would definitely say, “Allah created us”, so how can they then turn away from His worship after this acknowledgement?
If you ask them who created them33, they will surely say, “Allah.” How are they then deluded?
[33] i.e., those who associate partners with Allah.
And if you ask them who created them, they will surely say: "Allâh." How then are they turned away (from the worship of Allâh, Who created them)?
And if thou ask them who created them, they will surely say: Allah. How then are they turned away?
If thou ask them, who created them, they will certainly say, Allah: How then are they deluded away (from the Truth)?
And if you should ask them who created them, they would certainly say: Allah. Whence are they then turned back?
And indeed in case you ask them who created them, indeed they will definitely say, " Allah." However then are they diverged (from Truth)?
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ
If you asked them, "Who created the heavens and earth and subjected the sun and the moon?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Then how are they deluded?
