Quran 21:56 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 56
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said, ‘Listen! Your true Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He who created them, and I am a witness to this.
قَالَ بَلْ رَبُّكُمْ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الَّذِي فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ
qāla bal rabbukum rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi alladhī faṭarahunna wa-anā ʿalā dhālikum mina l-shāhidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'Nay, but your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who originated them, and I am one of those that bear witness thereunto.
- Muhammad Asad
- He answered: “Nay, but your [true] Sustainer is the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth - He who has brought them into being: and I am one of those who bear witness to this [truth]!”
- Sahih International
- He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | بَلbal | Nay | — |
| 3 | رَّبُّكُمْrabbukum | your Lord | ربب |
| 4 | رَبُّrabbu | (is the) Lord | ربب |
| 5 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (of) the heavens | سمو |
| 6 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 7 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | the One Who | — |
| 8 | فَطَرَهُنَّfaṭarahunna | created them | فطر |
| 9 | وَأَنَا۠wa-anā | and I am | — |
| 10 | عَلَىٰʿalā | to | — |
| 11 | ذَٰلِكُمdhālikum | that | — |
| 12 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 13 | ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَl-shāhidīna | the witnesses | شهد |