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فَلَوْلَا Then why (did) not falawlā help them naṣarahumu those whom alladhīna they had taken ittakhadhū besides min besides dūni Allah l-lahi gods as a way of approach qur'bānan gods as a way of approach ālihatan Nay bal they were lost ḍallū from them ʿanhum And that wadhālika (was) their falsehood if'kuhum and what wamā they were kānū inventing yaftarūna
Then why did those they took besides Allāh as deities by which to approach [Him]1 not aid them? But they had strayed [i.e., departed] from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were inventing.