Surah Ash-Shuraa (الشورى) • The Consultation

Quran 42:9

42:9

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۖ فَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلْوَلِىُّ وَهُوَ يُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

ami ittakhadhū min dūnihi awliyāa fal-lahu huwa l-waliyu wahuwa yuḥ'yī l-mawtā wahuwa ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

Or have they taken protectors [or allies] besides Him? But Allāh - He is the Protector, and He gives life to the dead, and He is over all things competent.

— Saheeh International

How can they take protectors other than Him? God alone is the Protector; He gives life to the dead; He has power over all things.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Or have they taken (for worship) Auliyâ’ (guardians, supporters, helpers, protectors, lords, gods) besides Him? But Allâh - He Alone is the Walî (Lord, God, Protector). And it is He Who gives life to the dead, and He is Able to do all things.

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

Juz 25Page 483meccan

Word by Word

أَمِamiOr
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūhave they taken
مِنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
أَوْلِيَآءَۖawliyāaprotectors
فَٱللَّهُfal-lahuBut Allah
هُوَhuwaHe
ٱلْوَلِىُّl-waliyu(is) the Protector
وَهُوَwahuwaand He
يُحْىِyuḥ'yīgives life
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtā(to) the dead
وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
كُلِّkullievery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
قَدِيرٌۭqadīrunAll-Powerful