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Surah Al-Anbiyaa (21) — Ayah 112

The Prophets · Meccan · Juz 17 · Page 331

قَـٰلَ رَبِّ ٱحْكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ ﴿112﴾
He (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "My Lord! Judge You in truth! Our Lord is the Most Gracious, Whose Help is to be sought against that which you attribute (unto Allâh that He has offspring, and unto Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم that he is a sorcerer, and unto the Qur’ân that it is poetry)!"
قَـٰلَ qāla He said
رَبِّ rabbi My Lord
ٱحْكُم uḥ'kum judge
بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ bil-ḥaqi in truth
وَرَبُّنَا warabbunā And our Lord
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ l-raḥmānu (is) the Most Gracious
ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ l-mus'taʿānu the One Whose help is sought
عَلَىٰ ʿalā against
مَا what
تَصِفُونَ taṣifūna you attribute

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112. 1. That is, I do not know whether the delay in this divine promise is to test you or to grant you respite to benefit until a specified time.

112. 2. That is, regarding the various things you say about me, or when you attribute offspring to Allah, in response to all these matters, it is only that Lord who is Merciful and He alone is the Helper.