Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:5

38:5

أَجَعَلَ ٱلْـَٔالِهَةَ إِلَـٰهًا وَٰحِدًا ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌ

ajaʿala l-ālihata ilāhan wāḥidan inna hādhā lashayon ʿujābun

Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing."

— Saheeh International

How can he claim that all the gods are but one God? What an astonishing thing [to claim]!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Has he made the âlihah (gods) (all) into One Ilâh (God - Allâh). Verily, this is a curious thing!"

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

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Word by Word

أَجَعَلَajaʿalaHas he made
ٱلْـَٔالِهَةَl-ālihatathe gods
إِلَـٰهًۭاilāhan(into) one god
وَٰحِدًاۖwāḥidan(into) one god
إِنَّinnaIndeed
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
لَشَىْءٌlashayon(is) certainly a thing
عُجَابٌۭʿujābuncurious