لُقْمَان : ٢٥

  • وَلَئِن And if
  • سَأَلۡتَهُم you ask them
  • مَّنۡ Who
  • خَلَقَ created
  • ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ the heavens
  • وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ and the earth
  • لَيَقُولُنَّ They will surely say
  • ٱللَّهُۚ Allah
  • قُلِ Say
  • ٱلۡحَمۡدُ All praises
  • لِلَّهِۚ (are) for Allah
  • بَلۡ But
  • أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ most of them
  • لَا (do) not
  • يَعۡلَمُونَ know
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.
And if (wa-la-in, the laam is for oaths) you were to ask them, 'Who created the skies and the earth?', they will surely say, 'God' (la-yaqoolunna, 'they will surely say', the indicative noon has been omitted because of the like [sc. the noon] coming after it, and likewise the waaw of the [plural] person, because of two unvocalised consonants coming together). Say: 'Praise be to God', for the manifestation of the definitive argument against them by the affirmation of the Oneness [of God]. Nay, but most of them do not realise, that this [affirmation] is an obligation upon them.