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Surah Hud, Verse 14

سورة هود، الآية ١٤

11:14 Juz 12 Hizb 23 Page 223 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 11:14

فَإِلَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكُمْ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ بِعِلْمِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ ۝١٤

Transliteration

fa-illam yastajībū lakum fa-iʿ'lamū annamā unzila biʿil'mi l-lahi wa-an lā ilāha illā huwa fahal antum mus'limūna

Translation

And if they do not respond to you - then know that it [i.e., the Qur’ān] was revealed with the knowledge of Allāh551 and that there is no deity except Him. Then,552 would you [not] be Muslims?

Notes

[551] i.e., that knowledge which no one possesses except Him (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).
[552] After having been convinced by such evidence.

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Verse 14 of Surah Hud (11:14), a Meccan surah, is in juz 12, on page 223 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 14

Al-Mukhtasar

If they do not bring what the Messenger challenges them to – and they are unable to do it! – then the believers should know with certainty that the Qur’ān is revealed from Allah by His knowledge to His Messenger, and that it is not fabricated, and that there is no true god except for Him. Allah asks whether you surrender to Him in devotion after these conclusive proofs?

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Other translations of verse 14

But if they do not respond to you8, then know that it has been revealed with the knowledge of Allah and that none has the right to be worshiped except Him. Will you then submit to Him [as Muslims]?

Notes

[8] By accepting the challenge.

If then they answer you not, know then that it [the Revelation (this Qur’ân)] is sent down with the Knowledge of Allâh and that Lâ ilâha illa Huwa: (none has the right to be worshipped but He)! Will you then be Muslims (those who submit in Islâm)?

And if they answer not your prayer, then know that it is revealed only in the knowledge of Allah; and that there is no Allah save Him. Will ye then be (of) those who surrender?

"If then they (your false gods) answer not your (call), know ye that this revelation is sent down (replete) with the knowledge of Allah, and that there is no god but He! will ye even then submit (to Islam)?"

But if they do not answer you, then know that it is revealed by Allah's knowledge and that there is no god but He; will you then submit?

So, in case they (i.e. the disbelievers) do not respond to you, then know that it has been sent down only with the knowledge of Allah and that there is no god except He. So are you (now) Muslims? (i.e., have you surrendered "to Him"?)

Verse 14 word by word

  1. فَإِلَّمْ fa-illam Then if not
  2. يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ yastajībū they respond ج و ب
  3. لَكُمْ lakum to you
  4. فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ fa-iʿ'lamū then know ع ل م
  5. أَنَّمَآ annamā that
  6. أُنزِلَ unzila it was sent down ن ز ل
  7. بِعِلْمِ biʿil'mi with the knowledge of Allah ع ل م
  8. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi with the knowledge of Allah
  9. وَأَن wa-an and that
  10. لَّآ lā (there is) no
  11. إِلَٰهَ ilāha god أ ل ه
  12. إِلَّا illā except
  13. هُوَ huwa Him
  14. فَهَلْ fahal Then, would
  15. أَنتُم antum you
  16. مُّسْلِمُونَ mus'limūna (be) Muslims س ل م

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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