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An-Naba 37

Ayah 37 of 40 · Meccan

رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۖ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِنۡهُ خِطَابٗا ٣٧

[From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 None of Allāh's creatures can plead with Him on the Day of Judgement except by His permission.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. رَّبِّLordrabbi
  2. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ(of) the heavensl-samāwāti
  3. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِand the earthwal-arḍi
  4. وَمَاand whateverwamā
  5. بَيۡنَهُمَا(is) between both of thembaynahumā
  6. ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۖthe Most Graciousl-raḥmāni
  7. لَاnotlā
  8. يَمۡلِكُونَthey have poweryamlikūna
  9. مِنۡهُfrom Himmin'hu
  10. خِطَابٗا(to) addresskhiṭāban

Tafsir

He is the Lord of the heavens, the earth and whatever is between them; the benevolent of the world and the afterlife. No one on earth or in the heavens is able to question Him except when He gives them permission.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran