The Supremacy of Allah and the Futility of Shirk
Al-Mu'minun — Verses 116–118 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim
فَتَعَالَى اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ ۖ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ ١١٦
So Exalted be Allah, the True King, La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Lord of the Supreme Throne!
- فَتَعَالَى اللَّهُ
- So Exalted be Allah,
- الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ ۖ
- the True King,
- لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ
- La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He),
- رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ
- the Lord of the Supreme Throne!
وَمَن يَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهُ بِهِ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُ عِندَ رَبِّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكَافِرُونَ ١١٧
And whoever invokes (or worships), besides Allah, any other ilah (god), of whom he has no proof, then his reckoning is only with his Lord. Surely! Al-Kafirun (the disbelievers in Allah and in the Oneness of Allah, polytheists, pagans, idolaters, etc.) will not be successful.
- وَمَن يَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ
- And whoever invokes (or worships), besides Allah, any other ilah (god),
- لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهُ بِهِ
- of whom he has no proof,
- فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُ عِندَ رَبِّهِ ۚ
- then his reckoning is only with his Lord.
- إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكَافِرُونَ
- Surely! Al-Kafirun (the disbelievers in Allah and in the Oneness of Allah, polytheists, pagans, idolaters, etc.) will not be successful.
وَقُل رَّبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ ١١٨
And say (O Muhammad SAW): "My Lord! Forgive and have mercy, for You are the Best of those who show mercy!"
- وَقُل رَّبِّ
- And say (O Muhammad SAW): 'My Lord!'
- اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ
- Forgive and have mercy,
- وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ
- for You are the Best of those who show mercy!