Surah Al Furqaan Ayat 20
The Criterion · English translation · Edition God
We never sent any messengers before you, but they ate food and walked in the marketplaces. And We made some of you tempters for one another—will you be patient? Your Lord is always Observing.
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Surah Al Furqaan Ayat 18
They will say, “Glory be to You. It was not for us to take any lords besides You. But you gave them enjoyments, and their ancestors, until they forgot the Message, and became ruined people.”
Surah Al Furqaan Ayat 19
They have denied you because of what you say; so you can neither avert, nor help. Whoever among you commits injustice, We will make him taste a grievous punishment.
Surah Al Furqaan Ayat 21
Those who do not expect to meet Us say, “If only the angels were sent down to us, or we could see our Lord.” They have grown arrogant within themselves, and have become excessively defiant.
Surah Al Furqaan Ayat 22
On the Day when they see the angels—there will be no good news for sinners on that Day; and they will say, “A protective refuge.”
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This is ayat 20 of Surah Al Furqaan (The Criterion), surah 25 of the Quran. This surah contains 77 ayats. The English translation is by Talal Itani, ClearQuran, Edition God.
Read all 77 ayats of Surah Al Furqaan