Quran 21:22

Surah Al-Anbiyaa, Verse 22

Juz 17 · Page 323 · Ruku 279 · Meccan

لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا فَسُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

Word by word

لَوْ law If كَانَ kāna (there) were فِيهِمَآ fīhimā in both of them ءَالِهَةٌ ālihatun gods إِلَّا illā besides ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah لَفَسَدَتَا ۚ lafasadatā surely they (would) have been ruined فَسُبْحَـٰنَ fasub'ḥāna So glorified ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (is) Allah رَبِّ rabbi Lord ٱلْعَرْشِ l-ʿarshi (of) the Throne عَمَّا ʿammā (above) what يَصِفُونَ yaṣifūna they attribute

Transliteration

Law kana feehima alihatunilla Allahu lafasadata fasubhana Allahirabbi alAAarshi AAamma yasifoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

If there were therein gods beside Allah, then verily both (the heavens and the earth) had been disordered. Glorified be Allah, the Lord of the Throne, from all that they ascribe (unto Him).

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If there were, in the heavens and the earth, other gods besides Allah, there would have been confusion in both! but glory to Allah, the Lord of the Throne: (High is He) above what they attribute to Him!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

فقال ( لو كان فيهما آلهة ) أي : في السماء والأرض ، ( لفسدتا ) ، كقوله تعالى : ( ما اتخذ الله من ولد وما كان معه من إله إذا لذهب كل إله بما خلق ولعلا بعضهم على بعض سبحان الله عما يصفون ) [ المؤمنون : 91 ] ، وقال هاهنا : ( فسبحان الله رب العرش عما يصفون ) أي : عما يقولون إن له ولدا أو شريكا ، سبحانه وتعالى وتقدس وتنزه عن الذي يفترون ويأفكون علوا كبيرا .