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Surah Sad, Verse 5

سورة ص، الآية ٥

38:5 Juz 23 Hizb 46 Page 453 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 38:5

أَجَعَلَ ٱلْـَٔالِهَةَ إِلَٰهًا وَٰحِدًا إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌ ۝٥

Transliteration

ajaʿala l-ālihata ilāhan wāḥidan inna hādhā lashayon ʿujābun

Translation

Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing."

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Verse 5 of Surah Sad (38:5), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 453 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 5

Al-Mukhtasar

Has he made the numerous gods into one God, besides whom there is no god? This act of his is extremely strange”.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Sad

Other translations of verse 5

Has he made all gods into one God? Indeed, this is something strange!”

"Has he made the âlihah (gods) (all) into One Ilâh (God - Allâh). Verily, this is a curious thing!"

Maketh he the gods One Allah? Lo! that is an astounding thing.

"Has he made the gods (all) into one Allah? Truly this is a wonderful thing!"

What! makes he the gods a single Allah? A strange thing is this, to be sure!

Has he made the gods one God? Surely this is indeed a most wondrous thing."

Verse 5 word by word

أَجَعَلَ ajaʿala Has he made ج ع ل
ٱلْـَٔالِهَةَ l-ālihata the gods أ ل ه
إِلَٰهًا ilāhan (into) one god أ ل ه
وَٰحِدًا wāḥidan (into) one god و ح د
إِنَّ inna Indeed
هَٰذَا hādhā this
لَشَىْءٌ lashayon (is) certainly a thing ش ي أ
عُجَابٌ ʿujābun curious ع ج ب

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One hadith cites this verse; its text is in Arabic.

Musnad Ahmad 3244

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