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Surah Al-Mu’minun, Verse 116

سورة المؤمنون، الآية ١١٦

23:116 Juz 18 Hizb 35 Page 349 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 23:116

فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْحَقُّ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْكَرِيمِ ۝١١٦

Transliteration

fataʿālā l-lahu l-maliku l-ḥaqu lā ilāha illā huwa rabbu l-ʿarshi l-karīmi

Translation

So exalted is Allāh, the Sovereign,969 the Truth;970 there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Noble Throne.

Notes

[969] And owner of everything in existence.
[970] Or "the True Reality."

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Verse 116 of Surah Al-Mu’minun (23:116), a Meccan surah, is in juz 18, on page 349 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 116

Al-Mukhtasar

So pure is Allah, the King, who does as He wishes with His creation, and Who Himself is True, His promise is true and His saying is true. There is no true deity besides Him, Lord of the Noble Throne which is the biggest creation. He Who is Lord of the biggest creation is Lord of all the creation.

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Other translations of verse 116

Exalted is Allah, the True Sovereign51! None has the right to be worshiped except Him, the Lord of the Honorable Throne.

Notes

[51] The One Who owns everything in existence.

So Exalted be Allâh, the True King: Lâ ilâha illâ Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Lord of the Supreme Throne!

Now Allah be Exalted, the True King! There is no Allah save Him, the Lord of the Throne of Grace.

Therefore exalted be Allah, the King, the Reality: there is no god but He, the Lord of the Throne of Honour!

So exalted be Allah, the True King; no god is there but He, the Lord of the honorable dominion.

Then Supremely Exalted be Allah, The King, The Truth! There is no god except He, The Lord of the Honorable Throne.

Verse 116 word by word

  1. فَتَعَٰلَى fataʿālā So exalted is ع ل و
  2. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
  3. ٱلْمَلِكُ l-maliku the King م ل ك
  4. ٱلْحَقُّ l-ḥaqu the Truth ح ق ق
  5. لَآ lā (There is) no
  6. إِلَٰهَ ilāha god أ ل ه
  7. إِلَّا illā except
  8. هُوَ huwa Him
  9. رَبُّ rabbu (the) Lord ر ب ب
  10. ٱلْعَرْشِ l-ʿarshi (of) the Throne ع ر ش
  11. ٱلْكَرِيمِ l-karīmi Honorable ك ر م

Verses related to verse 116

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Luqman 31:10

    خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا وَأَلْقَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٍ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

    He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature. And We sent down rain from the sky and made grow therein [plants] of every noble kind.

  • Az-Zumar 39:67

    وَمَا قَدَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِۦ وَٱلْأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ مَطْوِيَّٰتٌۢ بِيَمِينِهِۦ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    They have not appraised Allāh with true appraisal, while the earth entirely will be [within] His grip on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens will be folded in His right hand. Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

  • Hud 11:41

    وَقَالَ ٱرْكَبُوا۟ فِيهَا بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ مَجْر۪ىٰهَا وَمُرْسَىٰهَآ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    And [Noah] said, "Embark therein; in the name of Allāh [are] its course and its anchorage. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."

Verses with similar wording

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

  • An-Naml 27:26

    ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    Allāh - there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Great Throne."

  • Ali ’Imran 3:2

    ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ

    Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining.

  • Taha 20:8

    ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

    Allāh - there is no deity except Him. To Him belong the best names.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:163

    وَإِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    And your god is one God. There is no deity [worthy of worship] except Him, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

  • At-Taghabun 64:13

    ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

    Allāh - there is no deity except Him. And upon Allāh let the believers rely.

  • Al-Muzzammil 73:9

    رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا

    [He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs.

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