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Al-An'am 19

Ayah 19 of 165 · Meccan

قُلۡ أَيُّ شَيۡءٍ أَكۡبَرُ شَهَٰدَةٗۖ قُلِ ٱللَّهُۖ شَهِيدُۢ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكُمۡۚ وَأُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لِأُنذِرَكُم بِهِۦ وَمَنۢ بَلَغَۚ أَئِنَّكُمۡ لَتَشۡهَدُونَ أَنَّ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً أُخۡرَىٰۚ قُل لَّآ أَشۡهَدُۚ قُلۡ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَٰهٞ وَٰحِدٞ وَإِنَّنِي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تُشۡرِكُونَ ١٩

Say, "What thing is greatest in testimony?" Say, "Allāh is witness between me and you. And this Qur’ān was revealed to me that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches.1 Do you [truly] testify that with Allāh there are other deities?" Say, "I will not testify [with you]." Say, "Indeed, He is but one God, and indeed, I am free of what you associate [with Him]."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 At every time and place until the Day of Judgement.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. أَيُّWhatayyu
  3. شَيۡءٍthingshayin
  4. أَكۡبَرُ(is) greatestakbaru
  5. شَهَٰدَةٗۖ(as) a testimonyshahādatan
  6. قُلِSayquli
  7. ٱللَّهُۖAllahl-lahu
  8. شَهِيدُۢ(is) Witnessshahīdun
  9. بَيۡنِيbetween mebaynī
  10. وَبَيۡنَكُمۡۚand between youwabaynakum
  11. وَأُوحِيَand has been revealedwaūḥiya
  12. إِلَيَّto meilayya
  13. هَٰذَاthishādhā
  14. ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ[the] Quranl-qur'ānu
  15. لِأُنذِرَكُمthat I may warn youli-undhirakum
  16. بِهِۦwith itbihi
  17. وَمَنۢand whoeverwaman
  18. بَلَغَۚit reachesbalagha
  19. أَئِنَّكُمۡDo you trulya-innakum
  20. لَتَشۡهَدُونَtestifylatashhadūna
  21. أَنَّthatanna
  22. مَعَwithmaʿa
  23. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  24. ءَالِهَةً(there are) godsālihatan
  25. أُخۡرَىٰۚotherukh'rā
  26. قُلSayqul
  27. لَّآNotlā
  28. أَشۡهَدُۚ(do) I testifyashhadu
  29. قُلۡSayqul
  30. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  31. هُوَHehuwa
  32. إِلَٰهٞ(is) Godilāhun
  33. وَٰحِدٞOnewāḥidun
  34. وَإِنَّنِيand indeed, I amwa-innanī
  35. بَرِيٓءٞfreebarīon
  36. مِّمَّاof whatmimmā
  37. تُشۡرِكُونَyou associate (with Him)tush'rikūna

Tafsir

Say, O Messenger, to the idolaters who deny you: Which thing is greatest and most honoured as a witness to my truthfulness? Say: Allah is the greatest and most honoured witness to my truthfulness. He is a witness between you and me. He knows what I have brought to you and how you respond. Allah has revealed this Qur’ān to me to warn you by it and to warn any human or jinn it reaches. You, O idolaters, believe that there are others worthy of worship together with Allah. Say, O Messenger: I do not bear witness to what you have acknowledged as it is false. Allah is only one God: He has no partner. I am free from all that you associate as partners with Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran