← 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
Grammar (i'rab)
قُلVerb — imperative، 2nd masc. sing.
لَّوْ
If
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَّوْPreposition — conditional
كَانَ
(there) were
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
كَانَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
مَعَهُۥٓ
with Him
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَعَNoun — location adverb، accusative
هُۥٓNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
ءَالِهَةٌ
gods
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ءَالِهَةٌNoun — masc. plur.، indefinite، nominative
كَمَا
as
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
كَPreposition — preposition، prefix
مَاNoun — relative
يَقُولُونَ
they say
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
يَقُولُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
إِذًا
then
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِذًاPreposition — answer
لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟
surely they (would) have sought
Verb
Root: بغي
Grammar (i'rab)
لَّPreposition — emphasis، prefix
ٱبْتَغَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وْا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
إِلَىٰ
to
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَىٰPreposition — preposition
ذِى
(the) Owner
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
ذِىNoun — masc. sing.، genitive
ٱلْعَرْشِ
(of) the Throne
Noun
Root: عرش
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
عَرْشِNoun — masculine، genitive
سَبِيلًا
a way
Noun
Root: سبل
Grammar (i'rab)
سَبِيلًاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative

Translation

EN

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 Alipublic-domain

Say, ‘If there were other gods along with Him, as they say there are, then they would have tried to find a way to the Lord of the Throne.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-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. Pickthallpublic-domain

Say, [O Muḥammad], "If there had been with Him [other] gods, as they say, then they [each] would have sought to the Owner of the Throne a way."

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

De ki: "Eğer dedikleri gibi Allah'la beraber tanrılar bulunsaydı, o takdirde hepsi arşın sahibiyle savaşmaya bir yol ararlardı."

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

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

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

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

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

قل -أيها الرسول- للمشركين: لو أن مع الله آلهة أخرى، إذًا لطلبَتْ تلك الآلهة طريقًا إلى مغالبة الله ذي العرش العظيم.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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