Surah Al-Anbya, ayah 22
لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا ۚ فَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allāh, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.
Al-Anbya · 21:22
Word by word
- لَوْlawIf
- كَانَkāna(there) were
- فِيهِمَآfīhimāin both of them
- ءَالِهَةٌālihatungods
- إِلَّاillābesides
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- لَفَسَدَتَا ۚlafasadatāsurely they (would) have been ruined
- فَسُبْحَـٰنَfasub'ḥānaSo glorified
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(is) Allah
- رَبِّrabbiLord
- ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshi(of) the Throne
- عَمَّاʿammā(above) what
- يَصِفُونَyaṣifūnathey attribute
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