← Surah 31

31:25

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Word by word

وَلَئِن
And if
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPrepositionconjunction، prefix
لَPrepositionemphasis، prefix
ئِنPrepositionconditional
سَأَلْتَهُم
you ask them
Verb
Root: سأل
Grammar (i'rab)
سَأَلْVerbperfect، 2nd masc. sing.
تَNounpronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.
هُمNounpronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
مَّنْ
Who
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَّنْNounrelative
خَلَقَ
created
Verb
Root: خلق
Grammar (i'rab)
خَلَقَVerbperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
the heavens
Noun
Root: سمو
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلPrepositiondefinite، prefix
سَّمَٰوَٰتِNounfem. plur.، genitive
وَٱلْأَرْضَ
and the earth
Noun
Root: أرض
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPrepositionconjunction، prefix
ٱلْPrepositiondefinite، prefix
أَرْضَNounfeminine، accusative
لَيَقُولُنَّ
They will surely say
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPrepositionemphasis، prefix
يَقُولُVerbimperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
نَّPrepositionemphasis، suffix
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهُNounproper noun، nominative
قُلِ
Say
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قُلِVerbimperative، 2nd masc. sing.
ٱلْحَمْدُ
All praises
Noun
Root: حمد
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPrepositiondefinite، prefix
حَمْدُNounmasculine، nominative
لِلَّهِ
(are) for Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
لِPrepositionpreposition، prefix
لَّهِNounproper noun، genitive
بَلْ
But
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
بَلْPrepositionretraction
أَكْثَرُهُمْ
most of them
Noun
Root: كثر
Grammar (i'rab)
أَكْثَرُNounmasc. sing.، nominative
هُمْNounpronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
لَا
(do) not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَاPrepositionnegative
يَعْلَمُونَ
know
Verb
Root: علم
Grammar (i'rab)
يَعْلَمُVerbimperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
ونَNounpronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

Translation

EN

If thou ask them, who it is that created the heavens and the earth. They will certainly say, "Allah". Say: "Praise be to Allah!" But most of them understand not.

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

If you ask them who created the heavens and earth, they are sure to say, ‘God.’ Say, ‘Praise belongs to God,’ but most of them do not understand.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

If thou shouldst ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth? they would answer: Allah. Say: Praise be to Allah! But most of them know not.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And if you asked them, "Who created the heavens and earth?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Say, "[All] praise is [due] to Allāh"; but most of them do not know.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

And olsun ki onlara: "Gökleri ve yeri yaratan kimdir?" diye sorsan, "Allah'tır" derler. De ki: "Hamd Allah'a mahsustur", ama çoğu bilmezler.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Andolsun ki onlara: "Gökleri ve yeri kim yarattı?" diye sorsan, elbette "Allah" diyecekler. "Allah'a hamd olsun." de. Fakat onların çoğu bilmezler.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Onlara “Gökleri ve yeri kim yarattı?” diye sorsan, elbette “Allah” derler. De ki: “Hamd (övgü) Allah içindir; esasında onların çoğu (ne dediklerini) bilmezler.”

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

ولئن سألت -أيها الرسول- هؤلاء المشركين بالله: مَن خلق السموات والأرض؟ ليقولُنَّ الله، فإذا قالوا ذلك فقل لهم: الحمد لله الذي أظهر الاستدلال عليكم من أنفسكم، بل أكثر هؤلاء المشركين لا ينظرون ولا يتدبرون مَن الذي له الحمد والشكر، فلذلك أشركوا معه غيره.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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