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Sura 21
Aya 22
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لَو كانَ فيهِما آلِهَةٌ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتا ۚ فَسُبحانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ العَرشِ عَمّا يَصِفونَ

Muhammad Asad

had there been in heaven or on earth1 any deities other than God, both [those realms] would surely have fallen into ruin! But limitless in His glory is God, enthroned in His awesome almightiness2 [far] above anything that men may devise by way of definition!3
  • Lit., "in those two [realms]", alluding to the first clause of verse 19 above.
  • Lit., "the Sustainer (rabb) of the awesome throne of almightiness". (For this rendering of al-'arsh, see note 43 on 7:54.
  • Cf. last sentence of verse 18 and the corresponding note 22, as well as note 88 on 6:100.