The Holy Quran 25:18 — Surah Al-Furqan

Arabic text

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِى لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَـٰكِن مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَسُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بُورًا

Translation

They (the gods) will say, "You are Pure (from having any partners)! It was not befitting for us to take (as gods) any friends besides You, but what happened was that You granted enjoyment (wealth, comfort and luxuries) to their fathers until they (became so engrossed in these things that they) forgot to remember (You) and were a destroyed nation (that fell headlong into kufr)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, [they will answer]: “How could we dare to turn away from You and regard anyone else as our friend and helper? And since we ourselves had no support for our own selves other than You, how could we order others to regard us as their objects of worship and the fulfillers of their needs?

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