Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 88 (23:88)

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قُلْ مَنۢ بِيَدِهِۦ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ يُجِيرُ وَلَا يُجَارُ عَلَيْهِ إِن كُنتُمْ …

Quran 23:88 is ayah 88 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 347 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:88
قُلْمَنۢبِيَدِهِۦمَلَكُوتُكُلِّشَىْءٍوَهُوَيُجِيرُوَلَايُجَارُعَلَيْهِإِنكُنتُمْتَعْلَمُونَ٨٨
qul man biyadihi malakūtu kulli shayin wahuwa yujīru walā yujāru ʿalayhi in kuntum taʿlamūna

Say, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?"(88)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. مَنۢmanWho is (it)
  3. بِيَدِهِۦbiyadihiin Whose Hand(s)
  4. مَلَكُوتُmalakūtu(is the) dominion
  5. كُلِّkulli(of) all
  6. شَىْءٍshayinthings
  7. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
  8. يُجِيرُyujīruprotects
  9. وَلَاwalāand no (one)
  10. يُجَارُyujāru(can) be protected
  11. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiagainst Him
  12. إِنinIf
  13. كُنتُمْkuntumyou
  14. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow

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