Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:56

21:56

قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمْ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ

qāla bal rabbukum rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi alladhī faṭarahunna wa-anā ʿalā dhālikum mina l-shāhidīna

He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.

— Saheeh International

He said, ‘Listen! Your true Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He who created them, and I am a witness to this.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who created them and to that I am one of the witnesses.

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

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قَالَqālaHe said
بَلbalNay
رَّبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
رَبُّrabbu(is the) Lord
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
فَطَرَهُنَّfaṭarahunnacreated them
وَأَنَا۠wa-anāand I am
عَلَىٰʿalāto
ذَٰلِكُمdhālikumthat
مِّنَminaof
ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَl-shāhidīnathe witnesses