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Surah Al-Buruj, Verse 9

سورة البروج، الآية ٩

85:9 Juz 30 Hizb 59 Page 590 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 85:9

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ ۝٩

Transliteration

alladhī lahu mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin shahīdun

Translation

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.1897

Notes

[1897] See footnote to 4:79.

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The One to Whom alone belongs control of the heavens and control of the earth. He is aware of everything. No affair of His servants is hidden from Him.

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Other translations of verse 9

to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and earth, and Allah is Witness over all things.

To Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allâh is Witness over everything.

Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.

Him to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allah is Witness to all things.

Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a Witness of all things.

Who has the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is Ever-Present Witness over everything.

Verse 9 word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِى alladhī The One Who
  2. لَهُۥ lahu for Him
  3. مُلْكُ mul'ku (is) the dominion م ل ك
  4. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti (of) the heavens س م و
  5. وَٱلْأَرْضِ wal-arḍi and the earth أ ر ض
  6. وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu and Allah
  7. عَلَىٰ ʿalā on
  8. كُلِّ kulli every ك ل ل
  9. شَىْءٍ shayin thing ش ي أ
  10. شَهِيدٌ shahīdun (is) a Witness ش ه د

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  • Ali ’Imran 3:189

    وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    And to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and Allāh is over all things competent.

  • Al-A’raf 7:158

    قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنِّى رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ فَـَٔامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ٱلنَّبِىِّ ٱلْأُمِّىِّ ٱلَّذِى يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَكَلِمَٰتِهِۦ وَٱتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "O mankind, indeed I am the Messenger of Allāh to you all, [from Him] to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death." So believe in Allāh and His Messenger, the unlettered prophet, who believes in Allāh and His words, and follow him that you may be guided.

  • Al-Furqan 25:2

    ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٌ فِى ٱلْمُلْكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ تَقْدِيرًا

    He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with [precise] determination.

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:85

    وَتَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.

  • Al-Mujadila 58:6

    يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعًا فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوٓا۟ أَحْصَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ وَنَسُوهُ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

    On the Day when Allāh will resurrect them all and inform them of what they did. Allāh had enumerated it, while they forgot it; and Allāh is, over all things, Witness.

  • Al-Hadid 57:5

    لَّهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

    His is the dominion of the heavens and earth. And to Allāh are returned [all] matters.

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