25:18 qaaluu subHaanaka maa kaana yambagiy lanaa an nat-takhidha min duunika min awliyaa-a walaakim mat-ta'Åtahum wa aabaa-ahum Hat-taa nasudh dhikr* wa kaanuu qawmam buuraa
Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
They will submit, "Purity is to You - it
was not rightful for us to appoint any Master besides You; but You gave
them and their forefathers usage to the extent that they forgot Your Remembrance;
and they were indeed the people who destroy themselves."
Yusuf Ali:
They will say: "Glory to Thee! not meet was it for us that we should take for protectors others besides Thee: But Thou didst bestow, on them and their fathers, good things (in life), until they forgot the Message: for they were a people (worthless and) lost."
Pickthal:
They will say: Be Thou Glorified! it was not for us to choose any protecting friends beside thee; but Thou didst give them and their fathers ease till they forgot the warning and became lost folk.
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