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An-Naba (The Tidings)

Verse 37of 40

رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًۭا﴿٣٧

Translation (Sahih International)

[From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.

Word-by-word meaning

رَّبِّrabbiLord
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
وَمَاwamāand whatever
بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between both of them
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
لَاnot
يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey have power
مِنْهُmin'hufrom Him
خِطَابًۭاkhiṭāban(to) address

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

No one will dare to speak before Allah -- not even the Angels - without first receiving PermissionAllah informs of His magnificence and His majesty, and that He is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatever is in them and between them. He explains that He is the Most Gracious, Whose mercy covers all things. Then He says,لاَ يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَاباً(With Whom they cannot dare to speak.) meaning, no one is able to begin addressing Him except by His permission.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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