Quran 6:19 — Al-An'aam, verse 19
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘What counts most as a witness?’ Say, ‘God is witness between you and me. This Quran was revealed for me to warn you [people] and everyone it reaches. Do you really bear witness that there are other gods beside God?’ Say, ‘I myself do not bear witness [to any such thing].’ Say, ‘He is only one God, and I disown whatever you join with Him.’
قُلْ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَكْبَرُ شَهَادَةً ۖ قُلِ اللَّهُ ۖ شَهِيدٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۚ وَأُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ هَـٰذَا الْقُرْآنُ لِأُنْذِرَكُمْ بِهِ وَمَنْ بَلَغَ ۚ أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ مَعَ اللَّهِ آلِهَةً أُخْرَىٰ ۚ قُلْ لَا أَشْهَدُ ۚ قُلْ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَـٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ وَإِنَّنِي بَرِيءٌ مِمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ
qul ayyu shayin akbaru shahādatan quli l-lahu shahīdun baynī wabaynakum waūḥiya ilayya hādhā l-qur'ānu li-undhirakum bihi waman balagha a-innakum latashhadūna anna maʿa l-lahi ālihatan ukh'rā qul lā ashhadu qul innamā huwa ilāhun wāḥidun wa-innanī barīon mimmā tush'rikūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'God is witness between me and you, and this Koran has been revealed to me that I may warn you thereby, and whomsoever it may reach. Do you indeed testify that there are other gods with God?' Say: 'I do not testify.' Say: 'He is only One God, and I am quit of that you associate.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "What could most weightily bear witness to the truth?" Say: "God is witness between me and you; and this Qur’an has been revealed unto me so that on the strength thereof I might warn you and all whom it may reach." Could you in truth bear witness that there are other deities side by side with God? Say: "I bear no [such] witness!" Say: "He is the One God; and, behold, far be it from me to ascribe divinity, as, you do, to aught beside Him!"
- Sahih International
- Say, "What thing is greatest in testimony?" Say, "Allāh is witness between me and you. And this Qur’ān was revealed to me that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches. Do you [truly] testify that with Allāh there are other deities?" Say, "I will not testify [with you]." Say, "Indeed, He is but one God, and indeed, I am free of what you associate [with Him]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَىُّayyu | What | — |
| 3 | شَىْءٍshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 4 | أَكْبَرُakbaru | (is) greatest | كبر |
| 5 | شَهَـٰدَةًۭ ۖshahādatan | (as) a testimony | شهد |
| 6 | قُلِquli | Say | قول |
| 7 | ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 8 | شَهِيدٌۢshahīdun | (is) Witness | شهد |
| 9 | بَيْنِىbaynī | between me | بين |
| 10 | وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۚwabaynakum | and between you | بين |
| 11 | وَأُوحِىَwaūḥiya | and has been revealed | وحي |
| 12 | إِلَىَّilayya | to me | — |
| 13 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | this | — |
| 14 | ٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānu | [the] Quran | قرأ |
| 15 | لِأُنذِرَكُمli-undhirakum | that I may warn you | نذر |
| 16 | بِهِۦbihi | with it | — |
| 17 | وَمَنۢwaman | and whoever | — |
| 18 | بَلَغَ ۚbalagha | it reaches | بلغ |
| 19 | أَئِنَّكُمْa-innakum | Do you truly | — |
| 20 | لَتَشْهَدُونَlatashhadūna | testify | شهد |
| 21 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 22 | مَعَmaʿa | with | — |
| 23 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 24 | ءَالِهَةًālihatan | (there are) gods | أله |
| 25 | أُخْرَىٰ ۚukh'rā | other | أخر |
| 26 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 27 | لَّآlā | Not | — |
| 28 | أَشْهَدُ ۚashhadu | (do) I testify | شهد |
| 29 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 30 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 31 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 32 | إِلَـٰهٌۭilāhun | (is) God | أله |
| 33 | وَٰحِدٌۭwāḥidun | One | وحد |
| 34 | وَإِنَّنِىwa-innanī | and indeed, I am | — |
| 35 | بَرِىٓءٌۭbarīon | free | برأ |
| 36 | مِّمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 37 | تُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūna | you associate (with Him) | شرك |