Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:42

17:42

قُل لَّوْ كَانَ مَعَهُۥٓ ءَالِهَةٌ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذًا لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ سَبِيلًا

qul law kāna maʿahu ālihatun kamā yaqūlūna idhan la-ib'taghaw ilā dhī l-ʿarshi sabīlan

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."

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘If there were other gods along with Him, as they say there are, then they would have tried to find a way to the Lord of the Throne.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم to these polytheists, pagans): "If there had been other âlihah (gods) along with Him as they assert, then they would certainly have sought out a way to the Lord of the Throne (seeking His Pleasures and to be near to Him).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قُلqulSay
لَّوْlawIf
كَانَkāna(there) were
مَعَهُۥٓmaʿahuwith Him
ءَالِهَةٌۭālihatungods
كَمَاkamāas
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
إِذًۭاidhanthen
لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟la-ib'taghawsurely they (would) have sought
إِلَىٰilāto
ذِىdhī(the) Owner
ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshi(of) the Throne
سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way