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Al-Anbya 22

Ayah 22 of 112 · Meccan

لَوۡ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَاۚ فَسُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ٢٢

Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allāh, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَوۡIflaw
  2. كَانَ(there) werekāna
  3. فِيهِمَآin both of themfīhimā
  4. ءَالِهَةٌgodsālihatun
  5. إِلَّاbesidesillā
  6. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  7. لَفَسَدَتَاۚsurely they (would) have been ruinedlafasadatā
  8. فَسُبۡحَٰنَSo glorifiedfasub'ḥāna
  9. ٱللَّهِ(is) Allahl-lahi
  10. رَبِّLordrabbi
  11. ٱلۡعَرۡشِ(of) the Thronel-ʿarshi
  12. عَمَّا(above) whatʿammā
  13. يَصِفُونَthey attributeyaṣifūna

Tafsir

If there were numerous gods in the heavens and the earth, they would have been ruined, due to the gods disputing in the kingdom. But the reality is not like this. So Allah, Lord of the Throne, is pure of the lie the idolaters describe Him with, namely that He has partners.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran