Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:22

21:22

لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا ۚ فَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

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.

— Saheeh International

If there had been in the heavens or earth any gods but Him, both heavens and earth would be in ruins: God, Lord of the Throne, is far above the things they say:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Had there been therein (in the heavens and the earth) âlihah (gods) besides Allâh, then verily both would have been ruined. Glorified be Allâh, the Lord of the Throne, (High is He) above all that (evil) they associate with Him!

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

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Word by Word

لَوْlawIf
كَانَkāna(there) were
فِيهِمَآfīhimāin both of them
ءَالِهَةٌālihatungods
إِلَّاillābesides
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لَفَسَدَتَاۚlafasadatāsurely they (would) have been ruined
فَسُبْحَـٰنَfasub'ḥānaSo glorified
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(is) Allah
رَبِّrabbiLord
ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshi(of) the Throne
عَمَّاʿammā(above) what
يَصِفُونَyaṣifūnathey attribute