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Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 88

سورة القصص، الآية ٨٨

28:88 Juz 20 Hizb 40 Page 396 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 28:88

وَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُۥ لَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ۝٨٨

Transliteration

walā tadʿu maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara lā ilāha illā huwa kullu shayin hālikun illā wajhahu lahu l-ḥuk'mu wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna

Translation

And do not invoke with Allāh another deity. There is no deity except Him. Everything will be destroyed except His Face.1122 His is the judgement, and to Him you will be returned.

Notes

[1122] i.e., except Himself.

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Verse 88 of Surah Al-Qasas (28:88), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 396 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 88

Al-Mukhtasar

And do not worship alongside Allah any god besides Him. There is no true god besides Him. Everything will perish besides His Face. For Him alone is the judgment; He judges as He wishes. And to Him alone you will be returned on the day of judgment to be reckoned and rewarded.

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Other translations of verse 88

Do not invoke with Allah another god; none has the right to be worshiped except Him. Everything will perish except His Face38. His is the Judgment and to Him you will all be brought back.

Notes

[38] i.e., except Himself. The commentators have two interpretations here: 1. that Allah is Permanent and Eternal, for everything will perish except Himself. 2. that everything will perish except what is done for the sake (Face) of Allah.

And invoke not any other ilâh (god) along with Allâh: Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). Everything will perish save His Face. His is the Decision, and to Him you (all) shall be returned.

And cry not unto any other god along with Allah. There is no Allah save Him. Everything will perish save His countenance. His is the command, and unto Him ye will be brought back.

And call not, besides Allah, on another god. There is no god but He. Everything (that exists) will perish except His own Face. To Him belongs the Command, and to Him will ye (all) be brought back.

And call not with Allah any other god; there is no god but He, every thing is perishable but He; His is the judgment, and to Him you shall be brought back.

And do not invoke another god with Allah; there is no god except He. All things perish, except His Face. To Him belongs the Judgment, and to Him you will be returned.

Verse 88 word by word

  1. وَلَا walā And (do) not
  2. تَدْعُ tadʿu invoke د ع و
  3. مَعَ maʿa with
  4. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  5. إِلَٰهًا ilāhan god أ ل ه
  6. ءَاخَرَ ākhara other أ خ ر
  7. لَآ lā (There is) no
  8. إِلَٰهَ ilāha god أ ل ه
  9. إِلَّا illā except
  10. هُوَ huwa Him
  11. كُلُّ kullu Every ك ل ل
  12. شَىْءٍ shayin thing ش ي أ
  13. هَالِكٌ hālikun (will be) destroyed ه ل ك
  14. إِلَّا illā except
  15. وَجْهَهُۥ wajhahu His Face و ج ه
  16. لَهُ lahu To Him
  17. ٱلْحُكْمُ l-ḥuk'mu (is) the Decision ح ك م
  18. وَإِلَيْهِ wa-ilayhi and to Him
  19. تُرْجَعُونَ tur'jaʿūna you will be returned ر ج ع

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 7406

when this Verse:--'Say (O Muhammad!): He has Power to send torments on you from above,' (6.65) was revealed; The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I take refuge with Your Face." Allah revealed:-- '..or from underneath your feet.' (6.65) The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, "I seek refuge with Your Face!" Then Allah…

أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏‏{‏أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ‏}‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ ‏‏{‏أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا‏}‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏…

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Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ar-Rahman 55:26–27

    كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ …

    Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish, …

Verses with similar wording

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

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:213

    فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ

    So do not invoke with Allāh another deity and [thus] be among the punished.

  • Ali ’Imran 3:2

    ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ

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

  • Al-Hijr 15:96

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

    Who make [equal] with Allāh another deity. But they are going to know.

  • Taha 20:8

    ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

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

  • An-Naml 27:26

    ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

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

  • 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.

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