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Al-Furqan (The Criterion)

Verse 59of 77

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ فَسْـَٔلْ بِهِۦ خَبِيرًۭا﴿٥٩

Translation (Sahih International)

He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days and then established Himself above the Throne - the Most Merciful, so ask about Him one well informed.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe One Who
خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
وَمَاwamāand whatever
بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between them
فِىin
سِتَّةِsittatisix
أَيَّامٍۢayyāminperiods
ثُمَّthummathen
ٱسْتَوَىٰis'tawāHe established Himself
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚl-ʿarshithe Throne
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
فَسْـَٔلْfasalso ask
بِهِۦbihiHim
خَبِيرًۭاkhabīran(as He is) All-Aware

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Ignorance of the IdolatorsAllah tells us how ignorant the idolators are; instead of worshipping Allah, they worship idols which do not possess the power either to harm or benefit. They do this with no evidence or proof; the only thing that led them to do this was their own whims and desires. So they take these idols as protectors and fight for their sake, and they oppose Allah and His Messenger and the believers for their sake.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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