أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًۭا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ
Do you call upon Baʿl and leave the best of creators -
atadʿūna baʿlan watadharūna aḥsana l-khāliqīna
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As-Saffat · verse 125 of 182
Surah As-Saffat, verse 125
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5 words1أَتَدْعُونَatadʿūnaDo you call
2بَعْلًۭاbaʿlanBaal
3وَتَذَرُونَwatadharūnaand you forsake
4أَحْسَنَaḥsana(the) Best
5ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَl-khāliqīna(of) Creators
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Read the whole surahوَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
And indeed, Elias was from among the messengers,
إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
When he said to his people, "Will you not fear Allāh?
أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًۭا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ
Do you call upon Baʿl and leave the best of creators -
ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Allāh, your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers?"
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ
And they denied him, so indeed, they will be brought [for punishment],