ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡحَيُّ ٱلۡقَيُّومُ ٢
Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 See footnotes to 2:255.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- ٱللَّهُAllah al-lahu
- لَآ(there is) nolā
- إِلَٰهَGodilāha
- إِلَّاexceptillā
- هُوَHimhuwa
- ٱلۡحَيُّthe Ever-Livingl-ḥayu
- ٱلۡقَيُّومُthe Sustainer of all that existsl-qayūmu
Tafsir
Allah is the One Who alone deserves to be worshipped. He is the One Who lives perfectly without any death or deficiency. He exists by Himself and is not in need of any of His creation. The creation only exists through Him and is always in need of Him.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran