Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:140

7:140

قَالَ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَـٰهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

qāla aghayra l-lahi abghīkum ilāhan wahuwa faḍḍalakum ʿalā l-ʿālamīna

He said, "Is it other than Allāh I should desire for you as a god while He has preferred you over the worlds?"

— Saheeh International

Why should I seek any god other than God for you, when He has favoured you over all other people?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "Shall I seek for you an Ilâh (a god) other than Allâh, while He has given you superiority over the ‘Âlamîn (mankind and jinn of your time)."

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

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
أَغَيْرَaghayraShould other than
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
أَبْغِيكُمْabghīkumI seek for you
إِلَـٰهًۭاilāhana god
وَهُوَwahuwawhile He
فَضَّلَكُمْfaḍḍalakumhas preferred you
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds