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Al-Ahqaf 46:28

فَلَوۡلَا نَصَرَهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قُرۡبَانًا ءَالِهَةَۢۖ بَلۡ ضَلُّواْ عَنۡهُمۡۚ وَذَٰلِكَ إِفۡكُهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ

Why then did those ˹idols˺ they took as gods—hoping to get closer ˹to Him˺—not come to their aid? Instead, they failed them. That is ˹the result of˺ their lies and their fabrications.

Word by word

فَلَوۡلَا
falawlā
Then why (did) not
Vocabulary
نَصَرَهُمُ
naṣarahumu
help them
Vocabulary
Root: نصر
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those whom
Vocabulary
ٱتَّخَذُواْ
ittakhadhū
they had taken
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
مِن
min
besides
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دُونِ
dūni
besides
Vocabulary
Root: دون
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
قُرۡبَانًا
qur'bānan
gods as a way of approach
Vocabulary
Root: قرب
ءَالِهَةَۢۖ
ālihatan
gods as a way of approach
Vocabulary
Root: اله
بَلۡ
bal
Nay
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ضَلُّواْ
ḍallū
they were lost
Vocabulary
Root: ضلل
عَنۡهُمۡۚ
ʿanhum
from them
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وَذَٰلِكَ
wadhālika
And that
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إِفۡكُهُمۡ
if'kuhum
(was) their falsehood
Vocabulary
Root: افك
وَمَا
wamā
and what
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كَانُواْ
kānū
they were
Vocabulary
Root: كون
يَفۡتَرُونَ
yaftarūna
inventing
Vocabulary
Root: فري

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.