وَمَا
كَانَ
لَهُۥ
عَلَيۡهِم
مِّن
سُلۡطَٰنٍ
إِلَّا
لِنَعۡلَمَ
مَن
يُؤۡمِنُ
بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ
مِمَّنۡ
هُوَ
مِنۡهَا
فِي
شَكّٖۗ
وَرَبُّكَ
عَلَىٰ
كُلِّ
شَيۡءٍ
حَفِيظٞ
٢١

He does not have any authority over them, but ˹Our Will is˺ only to distinguish those who believe in the Hereafter from those who are in doubt about it. And your Lord is a ˹vigilant˺ Keeper over all things.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

34:22

قُلِ

ٱدۡعُواْ

ٱلَّذِينَ

زَعَمۡتُم

مِّن

دُونِ

ٱللَّهِ

لَا

يَمۡلِكُونَ

مِثۡقَالَ

ذَرَّةٖ

فِي

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

وَلَا

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

وَمَا

لَهُمۡ

فِيهِمَا

مِن

شِرۡكٖ

وَمَا

لَهُۥ

مِنۡهُم

مِّن

ظَهِيرٖ

٢٢

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Call upon those you claim ˹to be divine˺ besides Allah. They do not possess ˹even˺ an atom’s weight either in the heavens or the earth, nor do they have any share in ˹governing˺ them. Nor is any of them a helper to Him.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

34:23

وَلَا

تَنفَعُ

ٱلشَّفَٰعَةُ

عِندَهُۥٓ

إِلَّا

لِمَنۡ

أَذِنَ

لَهُۥۚ

حَتَّىٰٓ

إِذَا

فُزِّعَ

عَن

قُلُوبِهِمۡ

قَالُواْ

مَاذَا

قَالَ

رَبُّكُمۡۖ

قَالُواْ

ٱلۡحَقَّۖ

وَهُوَ

ٱلۡعَلِيُّ

ٱلۡكَبِيرُ

٢٣

No intercession will be of any benefit with Him, except by those granted permission by Him. ˹At last,˺ when the dread ˹of Judgment Day˺ is relieved from their hearts ˹because they are permitted to intercede˺, they will ˹excitedly˺ ask ˹the angels˺, “What has your Lord ˹just˺ said?” The angels will reply, “The truth! And He is the Most High, All-Great.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

34:24

۞ قُلۡ

مَن

يَرۡزُقُكُم

مِّنَ

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ

قُلِ

ٱللَّهُۖ

وَإِنَّآ

أَوۡ

إِيَّاكُمۡ

لَعَلَىٰ

هُدًى

أَوۡ

فِي

ضَلَٰلٖ

مُّبِينٖ

٢٤

Ask ˹them, O Prophet˺, “Who provides for you from the heavens and the earth?” Say, “Allah! Now, certainly one of our two groups¹ is ˹rightly˺ guided; the other is clearly astray.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

34:25