ٱلزُّمَر : ٣٨

  • وَلَئِن And if
  • سَأَلۡتَهُم you ask them
  • مَّنۡ who
  • خَلَقَ created
  • ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ the heavens
  • وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ and the earth
  • لَيَقُولُنَّ Surely, they will say
  • ٱللَّهُۚ Allah
  • قُلۡ Say
  • أَفَرَءَيۡتُم Then do you see
  • مَّا what
  • تَدۡعُونَ you invoke
  • مِن besides
  • دُونِ besides
  • ٱللَّهِ Allah
  • إِنۡ if
  • أَرَادَنِيَ Allah intended for me
  • ٱللَّهُ Allah intended for me
  • بِضُرٍّ harm
  • هَلۡ are
  • هُنَّ they
  • كَٰشِفَٰتُ removers
  • ضُرِّهِۦٓ (of) harm (from) Him
  • أَوۡ or
  • أَرَادَنِي if He intended for me
  • بِرَحۡمَةٍ mercy
  • هَلۡ are
  • هُنَّ they
  • مُمۡسِكَٰتُ withholders
  • رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ (of) His mercy
  • قُلۡ Say
  • حَسۡبِيَ Sufficient (is) Allah for me
  • ٱللَّهُۖ Sufficient (is) Allah for me
  • عَلَيۡهِ upon Him
  • يَتَوَكَّلُ put trust
  • ٱلۡمُتَوَكِّلُونَ those who trust
And if you asked them, "Who created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Say, "Then have you considered1 what you invoke besides Allāh? If Allāh intended me harm, are they removers of His harm; or if He intended me mercy, are they withholders of His mercy?" Say, "Sufficient for me is Allāh; upon Him [alone] rely the [wise] reliers."
Footnotes
1 i.e., "Tell me about..."
And if (wa-la-in: the laam is for oaths) you ask them, 'Who created the skies and the earth?' they will surely say, 'God.' Say: 'Have you considered then those on whom you call, [those whom] you worship, besides God, namely, the idols, if God should desire some harm to befall me, would they [be able to] remove the harm imposed by Him? No! Or if He should desire some mercy for me, would they [be able to] withhold His mercy?' No! (a variant reading for the two clauses [kaashifaatun durrahu and mumsikaatun rahmatahu] has the genitive construction [kaashifaatu durrihi and mumsikaatu rahmatihi). Say: 'God is sufficient for me. In Him do [all] the trusting put their trust'.