Quran 38:5 — Saad, verse 5
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
How can he claim that all the gods are but one God? What an astonishing thing [to claim]!’
أَجَعَلَ الْآلِهَةَ إِلَـٰهًا وَاحِدًا ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ
ajaʿala l-ālihata ilāhan wāḥidan inna hādhā lashayon ʿujābun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, has he made the gods One God? This is indeed a marvellous thing.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Does he claim that all the deities are [but] one God? Verily, a most strange thing is this!”
- Sahih International
- Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَجَعَلَajaʿala | Has he made | جعل |
| 2 | ٱلْـَٔالِهَةَl-ālihata | the gods | أله |
| 3 | إِلَـٰهًۭاilāhan | (into) one god | أله |
| 4 | وَٰحِدًا ۖwāḥidan | (into) one god | وحد |
| 5 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 6 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | this | — |
| 7 | لَشَىْءٌlashayon | (is) certainly a thing | شيأ |
| 8 | عُجَابٌۭʿujābun | curious | عجب |