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An-Naml 59

Ayah 59 of 93 · Meccan

قُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصۡطَفَىٰٓۗ ءَآللَّهُ خَيۡرٌ أَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٥٩

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Praise be to Allāh, and peace upon His servants whom He has chosen. Is Allāh better or what they associate with Him?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلِSayquli
  2. ٱلۡحَمۡدُAll praise (be)l-ḥamdu
  3. لِلَّهِto Allahlillahi
  4. وَسَلَٰمٌand peace (be)wasalāmun
  5. عَلَىٰuponʿalā
  6. عِبَادِهِHis slavesʿibādihi
  7. ٱلَّذِينَthose whomalladhīna
  8. ٱصۡطَفَىٰٓۗHe has choseniṣ'ṭafā
  9. ءَآللَّهُIs Allahāllahu
  10. خَيۡرٌbetterkhayrun
  11. أَمَّاor whatammā
  12. يُشۡرِكُونَthey associate (with Him)yush'rikūna

Tafsir

O Messenger, say: “All praise is for Allah for his favours, and peace from him on His Messengers whom He chose to convey His religion”. Is Allah, the true god in whose Hand is the kingdom of everything, better or the gods which the idolaters worship, which do not possess benefit or harm?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran