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Surah Al-Ma’idah, Verse 120

سورة المائدة، الآية ١٢٠

5:120 Juz 7 Hizb 13 Page 127 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 5:120

لِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا فِيهِنَّ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌۢ ۝١٢٠

Transliteration

lillahi mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā fīhinna wahuwa ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

Translation

To Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is within them. And He is over all things competent.

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Verse 120 of Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:120), a Medinan surah, is in juz 7, on page 127 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 120

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Allah alone controls the heavens and the earth, and everything within them. He is their Creator and the One Who handles their affairs. He has power over everything and nothing can overpower Him.

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Other translations of verse 120

To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and earth and all that is between them, and He is Most Capable of all things.

To Allâh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is therein, and He is Able to do all things.

Unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is therein, and He is Able to do all things.

To Allah doth belong the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, and it is He Who hath power over all things.

Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is in them; and He has power over all things.

To Allah (belongs) the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever is in them; and He is Ever-Determiner over everything.

Verse 120 word by word

  1. لِلَّهِ lillahi To Allah (belongs)
  2. مُلْكُ mul'ku the dominion م ل ك
  3. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti (of) the heavens س م و
  4. وَٱلْأَرْضِ wal-arḍi and the earth أ ر ض
  5. وَمَا wamā and what
  6. فِيهِنَّ fīhinna (is) in them
  7. وَهُوَ wahuwa And He
  8. عَلَىٰ ʿalā (is) on
  9. كُلِّ kulli every ك ل ل
  10. شَىْءٍ shayin thing ش ي أ
  11. قَدِيرٌۢ qadīrun All-Powerful ق د ر

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They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Hud 11:4

    إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    To Allāh is your return, and He is over all things competent."

  • Al-Mulk 67:1

    تَبَٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِ ٱلْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent -

  • Ar-Rum 30:50

    فَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِ رَحْمَتِ ٱللَّهِ كَيْفَ يُحْىِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَآ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    So observe the effects of the mercy of Allāh - how He gives life to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed, that [same one] will give life to the dead, and He is over all things competent.

  • Ash-Shuraa 42:9

    أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ فَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلْوَلِىُّ وَهُوَ يُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    Or have they taken protectors [or allies] besides Him? But Allāh - He is the Protector, and He gives life to the dead, and He is over all things competent.

  • Al-Hadid 57:2

    لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    His is the dominion of the heavens and earth. He gives life and causes death, and He is over all things competent.

  • At-Taghabun 64:1

    يُسَبِّحُ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth is exalting Allāh. To Him belongs dominion, and to Him belongs [all] praise, and He is over all things competent.

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