Quran 42:9 — Ash-Shura, verse 9
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
How can they take protectors other than Him? God alone is the Protector; He gives life to the dead; He has power over all things.
أَمِ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِهِ أَوْلِيَاءَ ۖ فَاللَّهُ هُوَ الْوَلِيُّ وَهُوَ يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
ami ittakhadhū min dūnihi awliyāa fal-lahu huwa l-waliyu wahuwa yuḥ'yī l-mawtā wahuwa ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or have they taken to them protectors apart from Him? But God -- He is the Protector; He quickens the dead, and He is powerful over everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- Did they, perchance, [think that they could] choose protectors other than Him? But God alone is the Protector [of all that exists], since it is He alone who brings the dead to life, and He alone who has the power to will anything.
- Sahih International
- Or have they taken protectors [or allies] besides Him? But Allāh - He is the Protector, and He gives life to the dead, and He is over all things competent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمِami | Or | — |
| 2 | ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhū | have they taken | أخذ |
| 3 | مِنmin | besides Him | — |
| 4 | دُونِهِۦٓdūnihi | besides Him | دون |
| 5 | أَوْلِيَآءَ ۖawliyāa | protectors | ولي |
| 6 | فَٱللَّهُfal-lahu | But Allah | أله |
| 7 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 8 | ٱلْوَلِىُّl-waliyu | (is) the Protector | ولي |
| 9 | وَهُوَwahuwa | and He | — |
| 10 | يُحْىِyuḥ'yī | gives life | حيي |
| 11 | ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtā | (to) the dead | موت |
| 12 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 13 | عَلَىٰʿalā | (is) on | — |
| 14 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 15 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 16 | قَدِيرٌۭqadīrun | All-Powerful | قدر |