Quran 38:10 — Saad, verse 10
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do they control the heavens and earth and everything between? Let them climb their ropes:
أَمْ لَهُمْ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا فِي الْأَسْبَابِ
am lahum mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā falyartaqū fī l-asbābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or is theirs the kingdom of the heavens and earth and of what between them is? Why, then let them ascend the cords!
- Muhammad Asad
- Or [that] the dominion over the heavens and the earth and all that is between them is theirs? Why, then, let them try to ascend [to God-like power] by all [conceivable] means!
- Sahih International
- Or is theirs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend through [any] ways of access.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | لَهُمlahum | for them | — |
| 3 | مُّلْكُmul'ku | (is the) dominion | ملك |
| 4 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (of) the heavens | سمو |
| 5 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 6 | وَمَاwamā | and whatever | — |
| 7 | بَيْنَهُمَا ۖbaynahumā | (is) between them | بين |
| 8 | فَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟falyartaqū | Then let them ascend | رقي |
| 9 | فِىfī | by | — |
| 10 | ٱلْأَسْبَـٰبِl-asbābi | the means | سبب |