Quran 3:2 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 2
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God: there is no god but Him, the Ever Living, the Ever Watchful.
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
al-lahu lā ilāha illā huwa l-ḥayu l-qayūmu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God, there is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting.
- Muhammad Asad
- GOD - there is no deity save Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsistent Fount of All Being!
- Sahih International
- Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱللَّهُal-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 2 | لَآlā | (there is) no | — |
| 3 | إِلَـٰهَilāha | God | أله |
| 4 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 5 | هُوَhuwa | Him | — |
| 6 | ٱلْحَىُّl-ḥayu | the Ever-Living | حيي |
| 7 | ٱلْقَيُّومُl-qayūmu | the Sustainer of all that exists | قوم |