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Quran 21:56

Surah Al-Anbiyaa, Verse 56

Juz 17 · Page 326 · Ruku 282 · Meccan

قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمْ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ

Word by word

قَالَ qāla He said بَل bal Nay رَّبُّكُمْ rabbukum your Lord رَبُّ rabbu (is the) Lord ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti (of) the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضِ wal-arḍi and the earth ٱلَّذِى alladhī the One Who فَطَرَهُنَّ faṭarahunna created them وَأَنَا۠ wa-anā and I am عَلَىٰ ʿalā to ذَٰلِكُم dhālikum that مِّنَ mina of ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ l-shāhidīna the witnesses

Transliteration

Qala bal rabbukum rabbu assamawatiwal-ardi allathee fatarahunna waanaAAala thalikum mina ashshahideen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

He said: Nay, but your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who created them; and I am of those who testify unto that.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

He said, "Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He Who created them (from nothing): and I am a witness to this (Truth).

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( قال بل ربكم رب السماوات والأرض الذي فطرهن ) أي : ربكم الذي لا إله غيره ، هو الذي خلق السماوات [ والأرض ] وما حوت من المخلوقات الذي ابتدأ خلقهن ، وهو الخالق لجميع الأشياء ( وأنا على ذلكم من الشاهدين ) أي : وأنا أشهد أنه لا إله غيره ، ولا رب سواه .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.