Surah Al-Isra, ayah 42
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ مَعَهُۥٓ ءَالِهَةٌ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذًا لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ سَبِيلًا
Say, [O Muḥammad], "If there had been with Him [other] gods, as they say, then they [each] would have sought to the Owner of the Throne a way."
Al-Isra · 17:42
Word by word
- قُلqulSay
- لَّوْlawIf
- كَانَkāna(there) were
- مَعَهُۥٓmaʿahuwith Him
- ءَالِهَةٌۭālihatungods
- كَمَاkamāas
- يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
- إِذًۭاidhanthen
- لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟la-ib'taghawsurely they (would) have sought
- إِلَىٰilāto
- ذِىdhī(the) Owner
- ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshi(of) the Throne
- سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way
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