فَلَوْلَا Then why (did) not نَصَرَهُمُ help them ٱلَّذِينَ those whom ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ they had taken مِن besides دُونِ besides ٱللَّهِ Allah قُرْبَانًا gods as a way of approach ءَالِهَةًۢ ۖ gods as a way of approach بَلْ Nay ضَلُّوا۟ they were lost عَنْهُمْ ۚ from them وَذَٰلِكَ And that إِفْكُهُمْ (was) their falsehood وَمَا and what كَانُوا۟ they were يَفْتَرُونَ inventing ٢٨
Then why did those they took besides Allāh as deities by which to approach [Him] not aid them? But they had strayed [i.e., departed] from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were inventing.
— Come To Light