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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 163of 286

وَإِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌۭ وَٰحِدٌۭ ۖ لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٦٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And your god is one God. There is no deity [worthy of worship] except Him, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِلَـٰهُكُمْwa-ilāhukumAnd your God
إِلَـٰهٌۭilāhun(is) God
وَٰحِدٌۭ ۖwāḥidunone (only)
لَّآ(there is) no
إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
إِلَّاillāexcept
هُوَhuwaHim
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

In this Ayah, Allah mentions that He is the only deity, and that He has no partners or equals. He is Allah, the One and Only, the Sustainer, and there is no deity worthy of worship except Him. He is the Most Gracious ـ Ar-Rahman, the Most Merciful ـ Ar-Rahim. We explained the meanings of these two Names in the beginning of Surat Al-Fatihah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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