لَوۡ
كَانَ
فِيهِمَآ
ءَالِهَةٌ
إِلَّا
ٱللَّهُ
لَفَسَدَتَاۚ
فَسُبۡحَٰنَ
ٱللَّهِ
رَبِّ
ٱلۡعَرۡشِ
عَمَّا
يَصِفُونَ
٢٢
If there were therein gods beside Allah, then verily both (the heavens and the earth) had been disordered. Glorified be Allah, the Lord of the Throne, from all that they ascribe (unto Him).
— M. Pickthall
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.
— Saheeh International
If there were, in the heavens and the earth, other gods besides Allah, there would have been confusion in both! but glory to Allah, the Lord of the Throne: (High is He) above what they attribute to Him!
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Refutation of false gods
Allah denounces those who take other gods instead of Him:
أَمِ اتَّخَذُواْ آلِهَةً مِّنَ الاٌّرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ
(Or have they taken gods from the earth who raise the dead) meaning, can they bring the dead back to life and bring them forth from the earth They cannot do any o
…Refutation of false gods
Allah denounces those who take other gods instead of Him:
أَمِ اتَّخَذُواْ آلِهَةً مِّنَ الاٌّرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ
(Or have the
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