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Ali 'Imran 18

Ayah 18 of 200 · Medinan

شَهِدَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَأُوْلُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمِ قَآئِمَۢا بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۚ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ١٨

Allāh witnesses that there is no deity except Him, and [so do] the angels and those of knowledge - [that He is] maintaining [creation] in justice. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. شَهِدَBears witnessshahida
  2. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  3. أَنَّهُۥthat [He]annahu
  4. لَآ(there is) nolā
  5. إِلَٰهَgodilāha
  6. إِلَّاexceptillā
  7. هُوَHimhuwa
  8. وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُand (so do) the Angelswal-malāikatu
  9. وَأُوْلُواْand ownerswa-ulū
  10. ٱلۡعِلۡمِ(of) [the] knowledge l-ʿil'mi
  11. قَآئِمَۢاstandingqāiman
  12. بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۚin justicebil-qis'ṭi
  13. لَآ(There is) nolā
  14. إِلَٰهَgodilāha
  15. إِلَّاexceptillā
  16. هُوَHimhuwa
  17. ٱلۡعَزِيزُthe All-Mightyl-ʿazīzu
  18. ٱلۡحَكِيمُthe All-Wisel-ḥakīmu

Tafsir

Allah testifies that He alone is worthy of worship based on the legislative and universal signs indicating His divinity. The angels and people of knowledge also testify to this, by declaring and calling to His Oneness. They testified to the greatest thing anyone can testify to; the absolute right of Allah to be worshipped, and the perfect justice in His creation and sacred law. This is the greatest thing that anyone can testify to. There is no god but Him, the Mighty who can never be overpowered and the one who is Wise in His creation, planning and legislation.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran