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Quran 5:40

Surah Al-Maaida, Verse 40

Juz 6 · Page 114 · Ruku 91 · Medinan

أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Word by word

أَلَمْ alam Do not تَعْلَمْ taʿlam you know أَنَّ anna that ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah لَهُۥ lahu to Him (belongs) مُلْكُ mul'ku (the) dominion ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti (of) the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضِ wal-arḍi and the earth يُعَذِّبُ yuʿadhibu He punishes مَن man whom يَشَآءُ yashāu He wills وَيَغْفِرُ wayaghfiru and He forgives لِمَن liman [to] whom يَشَآءُ ۗ yashāu He wills وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah عَلَىٰ ʿalā (is) on كُلِّ kulli every شَىْءٍۢ shayin thing قَدِيرٌۭ qadīrun All-Powerful

Transliteration

Alam taAAlam anna Allaha lahu mulku assamawatiwal-ardi yuAAaththibu man yashaowayaghfiru liman yashao wallahu AAalakulli shay-in qadeer

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Knowest thou not that unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth? He punisheth whom He will, and forgiveth whom He will. Allah is Able to do all things.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Knowest thou not that to Allah (alone) belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth? He punisheth whom He pleaseth, and He forgiveth whom He pleaseth: and Allah hath power over all things.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم قال تعالى : ( ألم تعلم أن الله له ملك السماوات والأرض ) أي : هو المالك لجميع ذلك ، الحاكم فيه ، الذي لا معقب لحكمه ، وهو الفعال لما يريد ( يعذب من يشاء ويغفر لمن يشاء والله على كل شيء قدير )

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.