Surat Al-Israa · The Night Journey
Qur'an 17:42
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-Israa 17:42 · Saheeh International
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Säg: "Om det, som de påstår, fanns [andra] gudar vid sidan av Honom skulle helt visst de [också] försöka finna vägen till Honom, som tronar allsmäktig [över skapelsen]."
Recited by Mishary Alafasy. Plays on through the surah.
سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ
(Glorified and Exalted is He high above what they say!) meaning these idolators who transgress and do wrong when they claim that there are other gods besides Him.
عُلُوّاً كَبِيراً
(high above) means, far above. He is Allah, the One, the Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need. He begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none comparable or coequal unto Him.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged, English).
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