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Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 22 (21:22)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

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

Quran 21:22 is ayah 22 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 323 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:22
لَوْكَانَفِيهِمَآءَالِهَةٌإِلَّاٱللَّهُلَفَسَدَتَا ۚفَسُبْحَٰنَٱللَّهِرَبِّٱلْعَرْشِعَمَّايَصِفُونَ٢٢
law kāna fīhimā ālihatun illā l-lahu lafasadatā fasub'ḥāna l-lahi rabbi l-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūna

Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allāh, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.(22)

Word by word

  1. لَوْlawIf
  2. كَانَkāna(there) were
  3. فِيهِمَآfīhimāin both of them
  4. ءَالِهَةٌālihatungods
  5. إِلَّاillābesides
  6. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  7. لَفَسَدَتَا ۚlafasadatāsurely they (would) have been ruined
  8. فَسُبْحَٰنَfasub'ḥānaSo glorified
  9. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(is) Allah
  10. رَبِّrabbiLord
  11. ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshi(of) the Throne
  12. عَمَّاʿammā(above) what
  13. يَصِفُونَyaṣifūnathey attribute

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