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Az-Zukhruf 9

Ayah 9 of 89 · Meccan

وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّنۡ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٩

And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing,"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَئِنAnd ifwala-in
  2. سَأَلۡتَهُمyou ask themsa-altahum
  3. مَّنۡWhoman
  4. خَلَقَcreatedkhalaqa
  5. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  6. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَand the earthwal-arḍa
  7. لَيَقُولُنَّThey will surely saylayaqūlunna
  8. خَلَقَهُنَّCreated themkhalaqahunna
  9. ٱلۡعَزِيزُthe All-Mightyl-ʿazīzu
  10. ٱلۡعَلِيمُthe All-Knowerl-ʿalīmu

Tafsir

O Messenger! If you ask these idolaters who deny, “Who created the heavens and who created the earth?” they will say in response to your question, The Mighty whom none can overpower, the Knower of everything, created them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran