← Surah 17

17:42

قُل لَّوْ كَانَ مَعَهُۥٓ ءَالِهَةٌ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذًا لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ سَبِيلًا

Word by word

قُل
Say
Verb
Root: قول
لَّوْ
If
Preposition
كَانَ
(there) were
Verb
Root: كون
مَعَهُۥٓ
with Him
Noun
ءَالِهَةٌ
gods
Noun
Root: أله
كَمَا
as
Preposition
يَقُولُونَ
they say
Verb
Root: قول
إِذًا
then
Preposition
لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟
surely they (would) have sought
Verb
Root: بغي
إِلَىٰ
to
Preposition
ذِى
(the) Owner
Noun
ٱلْعَرْشِ
(of) the Throne
Noun
Root: عرش
سَبِيلًا
a way
Noun
Root: سبل

Translation

Say: If there had been (other) gods with Him, as they say,- behold, they would certainly have sought out a way to the Lord of the Throne!

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

(Ey Muhammed!) De ki: "Eğer dedikleri gibi Allah ile birlikte ilâhlar olsaydı, o zaman bu ilâhlar Arş'ın sahibine bir yol ararlardı."

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

De ki: “Söyledikleri gibi O’nunla birlikte başka ilahlar olsaydı, arşın sahibine (Allah’a ulaşmak için) elbette bir yol ararlardı.”

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): If there were other gods along with Him, as they say, then had they sought a way against the Lord of the Throne.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain