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Quran 28:68

28:68

وَرَبُّكَ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَيَخْتَارُ ۗ مَا كَانَ لَهُمُ ٱلْخِيَرَةُ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ وَتَعَـٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

warabbuka yakhluqu mā yashāu wayakhtāru mā kāna lahumu l-khiyaratu sub'ḥāna l-lahi wataʿālā ʿammā yush'rikūna

And your Lord creates what He wills and chooses; not for them was the choice. Exalted is Allāh and high above what they associate with Him.

— Saheeh International

Your Lord creates what He pleases and chooses those He will- they have no choice- so glory be to God, and may He be exalted above the partners they ascribe to Him!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And your Lord creates whatsoever He wills and chooses: no choice have they (in any matter). Glorified be Allâh, and exalted above all that they associate (as partners with Him).

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

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وَرَبُّكَwarabbukaAnd your Lord
يَخْلُقُyakhluqucreates
مَاmāwhat
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
وَيَخْتَارُۗwayakhtāruand chooses
مَاmāNot
كَانَkānathey have
لَهُمُlahumufor them
ٱلْخِيَرَةُۚl-khiyaratuthe choice
سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaGlory be
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(to) Allah
وَتَعَـٰلَىٰwataʿālāand High is He
عَمَّاʿammāabove what
يُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnathey associate (with Him)