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Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)

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وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ﴿٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing."

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
سَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumyou ask them
مَّنْmanWho
خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnaThey will surely say
خَلَقَهُنَّkhalaqahunnaCreated them
ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe All-Mighty
ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knower

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Idolators' admission that Allah is the Sole Creator, and Further Evidence of thatAllah says: `If you, O Muhammad, were to ask these idolators who associate others with Allah and worship others besides Him,'مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ الْعَزِيزُ الْعَلِيمُ("Who has created the heavens and the earth" They will surely say: "The All-Mighty, the All-Knower created them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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