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Yunus (Jonah)

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إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۖ يُدَبِّرُ ٱلْأَمْرَ ۖ مَا مِن شَفِيعٍ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ إِذْنِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne, arranging the matter [of His creation]. There is no intercessor except after His permission. That is Allah, your Lord, so worship Him. Then will you not remember?

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
رَبَّكُمُrabbakumuyour Lord
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
فِىin
سِتَّةِsittatisix
أَيَّامٍۢayyāminperiods
ثُمَّthummathen
ٱسْتَوَىٰis'tawāHe established
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلْعَرْشِ ۖl-ʿarshithe Throne
يُدَبِّرُyudabbirudisposing
ٱلْأَمْرَ ۖl-amrathe affairs
مَاNot
مِنmin(is) any intercessor
شَفِيعٍshafīʿin(is) any intercessor
إِلَّاillāexcept
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
إِذْنِهِۦ ۚidh'nihiHis permission
ذَٰلِكُمُdhālikumuThat
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚfa-uʿ'budūhuso worship Him
أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou remember

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah is the Creator Who arranges the Affairs of the UniverseAllah tells us that He is the Lord of the entire existence. He tells us that He created the heavens and the earth in six days. It was said: "Like these days (meaning our worldly days)." It was also said: "Every day is like a thousand years of what we reckon." Later, this will be discussed further. ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ(and then rose over (Istawa) the Throne.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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