Quran 26:23 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 23
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Pharaoh asked, ‘What is this “Lord of the Worlds”?’
قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
qāla fir'ʿawnu wamā rabbu l-ʿālamīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Pharaoh said, 'And what is the Lord of all Being?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said Pharaoh: “And what [and who] is that ‘Sustainer of all the worlds’?”
- Sahih International
- Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | Firaun said | قول |
| 2 | فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnu | Firaun said | — |
| 3 | وَمَاwamā | And what | — |
| 4 | رَبُّrabbu | (is the) Lord | ربب |
| 5 | ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna | (of) the worlds | علم |