Surah 17 Al-Israa — Ayah 42
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قُل لَّوْ كَانَ مَعَهُۥٓ ءَالِهَةٌۭ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذًۭا لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ سَبِيلًۭا
(നബിയേ,) പറയുക: അവര് പറയും പോലെ അവനോടൊപ്പം മറ്റുദൈവങ്ങളുണ്ടായിരുന്നെങ്കില് സിംഹാസനാധിപന്റെ അടുക്കലേക്ക് അവര് (ആ ദൈവങ്ങള്) വല്ല മാര്ഗവും തേടുക തന്നെ ചെയ്യുമായിരുന്നു.
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.