سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْۣبِيَآءِ

Surah Al-Anbiyaa (21) — Ayah 29

The Prophets · Meccan · Juz 17 · Page 324

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۞ وَمَن يَقُلْ مِنْهُمْ إِنِّىٓ إِلَـٰهٌ مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿29﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

And if any of them should say: "Verily, I am an ilâh (a god) besides Him (Allâh)," such a one We should recompense with Hell. Thus We recompense the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

۞ وَمَن waman And whoever
يَقُلْ yaqul says
مِنْهُمْ min'hum of them
إِنِّىٓ innī Indeed, I am
إِلَـٰهٌۭ ilāhun a god
مِّن min besides Him
دُونِهِۦ dūnihi besides Him
فَذَٰلِكَ fadhālika Then that
نَجْزِيهِ najzīhi We will recompense
جَهَنَّمَ ۚ jahannama (with) Hell
كَذَٰلِكَ kadhālika Thus
نَجْزِى najzī We recompense
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ l-ẓālimīna the wrongdoers

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(Ayah 29) ➊ { وَ مَنْ يَّقُلْ مِنْهُمْ اِنِّيْۤ اِلٰهٌ …:} That is, hypothetically, if any of these angels or prophets were to say, "Worship me instead of Allah," then We would recompense him with Hell. Such a thing can never be committed by the angels and prophets. This is just like the warning given to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and all the prophets that if they were to commit shirk, all their deeds would be rendered void, even though they would never commit shirk. See Surah Al-An'am (83–88) and Az-Zumar (65).

➋ { كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الظّٰلِمِيْنَ:} What could be a greater injustice than for a creation, which is deficient and needy in every way, to claim to be Lord and deity in opposition to Allah Almighty? The reality is that there is no greater injustice and unfairness than shirk (Luqman: 13), and that is why there is no possibility of forgiveness for it in the Hereafter. See Surah An-Nisa (48, 116) and Al-Ma'idah (72).

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29. 1. That is, even if any of these angels were to claim to be Allah, We would also throw him into Hell. This is conditional speech, whose occurrence is not necessary. The purpose is to refute shirk and establish tawheed. Just as (قُلْ اِنْ كَان للرَّحْمٰنِ وَلَدٌ ڰ فَاَنَا اَوَّلُ الْعٰبِدِيْنَ) 43. Az-Zukhruf:81) 'If, hypothetically, the Most Merciful had a child, then I would be the first of the worshippers.' (لَىِٕنْ اَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ) 39. Az-Zumar:65) 'O Prophet! If you also commit shirk, then your deeds will be nullified.' All of these are conditional, whose occurrence is not necessary.

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29. And whoever among them says, "I am a god besides Allah [24]," We will punish him with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

[24] Despite all these matters, if, hypothetically, any person claims divinity for himself—as many rebellious humans like Pharaoh and Nimrod have done—then this is their slander against Allah Almighty, and they are doubly and triply guilty. We shall throw these wrongdoers into Hell, and according to their crimes, we shall give them the appropriate punishment.
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