The Night Journey
17. Al-Isrā’
الإسراء
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17:42
قُل
لَّوْ
كَانَ
مَعَهُ
آلِهَةٌ
كَمَا
يَقُولُونَ
إِذًا
لَّابْتَغَوْا
إِلَى
ذِي
الْعَرْشِ
سَبِيلًا
qul law kāna maʿahū ʾālihatun ka-mā yaqūlūna ʾidhan la-btaghaw ʾilā dhī l-ʿarshi sabīlan
Say, ‘Were there [other] gods besides Him, as they say, they would surely have encroached on the Lord of the Throne.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Say: If there had been (other) gods with Him, as they say,- behold, they would certainly have sought out a way to the Lord of the Throne!