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Surah 17 Al-Israa — Ayah 42

سُورَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ · Meccan · Chechen by Magomedov

42

قُل لَّوْ كَانَ مَعَهُۥٓ ءَالِهَةٌۭ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذًۭا لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ سَبِيلًۭا

Ахьа ала: "Цуьнца кхин делий хилча а‚ цара ма-бохху – Iарш йолчунна тIе некъ лохур ма бара цара".

qul law kāna maʿahu ālihatun kamā yaqūlūna idhan la-ib'taghaw ilā dhī l-ʿarshi sabīlan

Word by word

  • قُل qul Say
  • لَّوْ law If
  • كَانَ kāna (there) were
  • مَعَهُۥٓ maʿahu with Him
  • ءَالِهَةٌۭ ālihatun gods
  • كَمَا kamā as
  • يَقُولُونَ yaqūlūna they say
  • إِذًۭا idhan then
  • لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟ la-ib'taghaw surely they (would) have sought
  • إِلَىٰ ilā to
  • ذِى dhī (the) Owner
  • ٱلْعَرْشِ l-ʿarshi (of) the Throne
  • سَبِيلًۭا sabīlan a way
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ

(Glorified and Exalted is He high above what they say!) meaning these idolators who transgress and do wrong when they claim that there are other gods besides Him.

عُلُوّاً كَبِيراً

(high above) means, far above. He is Allah, the One, the Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need. He begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none comparable or coequal unto Him.