أَمِ
ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ
ءَالِهَةٗ
مِّنَ
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
هُمۡ
يُنشِرُونَ
٢١

Or have they taken gods from the earth, who can raise the dead?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:22

لَوۡ

كَانَ

فِيهِمَآ

ءَالِهَةٌ

إِلَّا

ٱللَّهُ

لَفَسَدَتَاۚ

فَسُبۡحَٰنَ

ٱللَّهِ

رَبِّ

ٱلۡعَرۡشِ

عَمَّا

يَصِفُونَ

٢٢

Had there been other gods besides Allah in the heavens or the earth, both ˹realms˺ would have surely been corrupted. So Glorified is Allah, Lord of the Throne, far above what they claim.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:23

لَا

يُسۡـَٔلُ

عَمَّا

يَفۡعَلُ

وَهُمۡ

يُسۡـَٔلُونَ

٢٣

He cannot be questioned about what He does, but they will ˹all˺ be questioned.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:24

أَمِ

ٱتَّخَذُواْ

مِن

دُونِهِۦٓ

ءَالِهَةٗۖ

قُلۡ

هَاتُواْ

بُرۡهَٰنَكُمۡۖ

هَٰذَا

ذِكۡرُ

مَن

مَّعِيَ

وَذِكۡرُ

مَن

قَبۡلِيۚ

بَلۡ

أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ

لَا

يَعۡلَمُونَ

ٱلۡحَقَّۖ

فَهُم

مُّعۡرِضُونَ

٢٤

Or have they taken other gods besides Him? Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Show ˹me˺ your proof. Here is ˹the Quran,˺ the Reminder for those with me; along with ˹earlier Scriptures,˺ the Reminder for those before me.”¹ But most of them do not know the truth, so they turn away.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:25

وَمَآ

أَرۡسَلۡنَا

مِن

قَبۡلِكَ

مِن

رَّسُولٍ

إِلَّا

نُوحِيٓ

إِلَيۡهِ

أَنَّهُۥ

لَآ

إِلَٰهَ

إِلَّآ

أَنَا۠

فَٱعۡبُدُونِ

٢٥

We never sent a messenger before you ˹O Prophet˺ without revealing to him: “There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Me, so worship Me ˹alone˺.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:26

وَقَالُواْ

ٱتَّخَذَ

ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ

وَلَدٗاۗ

سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۚ

بَلۡ

عِبَادٞ

مُّكۡرَمُونَ

٢٦

And they say, “The Most Compassionate has offspring!”¹ Glory be to Him! In fact, those ˹angels˺ are only ˹His˺ honoured servants,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:27

لَا

يَسۡبِقُونَهُۥ

بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ

وَهُم

بِأَمۡرِهِۦ

يَعۡمَلُونَ

٢٧

who do not speak until He has spoken, ˹only˺ acting at His command.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:28

يَعۡلَمُ

مَا

بَيۡنَ

أَيۡدِيهِمۡ

وَمَا

خَلۡفَهُمۡ

وَلَا

يَشۡفَعُونَ

إِلَّا

لِمَنِ

ٱرۡتَضَىٰ

وَهُم

مِّنۡ

خَشۡيَتِهِۦ

مُشۡفِقُونَ

٢٨

He ˹fully˺ knows what is ahead of them and what is behind them. They do not intercede except for whom He approves, and they tremble in awe of Him.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:29

۞ وَمَن

يَقُلۡ

مِنۡهُمۡ

إِنِّيٓ

إِلَٰهٞ

مِّن

دُونِهِۦ

فَذَٰلِكَ

نَجۡزِيهِ

جَهَنَّمَۚ

كَذَٰلِكَ

نَجۡزِي

ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

٢٩

Whoever of them were to say, “I am a god besides Him,” they would be rewarded with Hell by Us. This is how We reward the wrongdoers.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:30

أَوَلَمۡ

يَرَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

كَفَرُوٓاْ

أَنَّ

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ

كَانَتَا

رَتۡقٗا

فَفَتَقۡنَٰهُمَاۖ

وَجَعَلۡنَا

مِنَ

ٱلۡمَآءِ

كُلَّ

شَيۡءٍ

حَيٍّۚ

أَفَلَا

يُؤۡمِنُونَ

٣٠

Do the disbelievers not realize that the heavens and earth were ˹once˺ one mass then We split them apart? And We created from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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