ٱلزُّخْرُف : ٩

  • وَلَئِن And if
  • سَأَلۡتَهُم you ask them
  • مَّنۡ Who
  • خَلَقَ created
  • ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ the heavens
  • وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ and the earth
  • لَيَقُولُنَّ They will surely say
  • خَلَقَهُنَّ Has created them
  • ٱلۡعَزِيزُ the All-Mighty
  • ٱلۡعَلِيمُ the All-Knower
And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing,"
And if (wa-la-in: the laam is for oaths) you ask them, 'Who created the skies and the earth?' they will surely say (the indicative noon has been omitted because of the other noon coming after it, and likewise the waaw [replaced by the damma in -lunna], because of two unvowelled consonants coming together), 'The Mighty, the Knower created them' - [this would have to be] their eventual response, that is to say, God [created them], Lord of Might and Knowledge. God, exalted be He, adds: