Surah Al-Buruj, Ayah 9 (85:9)

ٱلْبُرُوج

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

Quran 85:9 is ayah 9 of Surah Al-Buruj (“The Mansions of the Stars”), a Meccan surah of 22 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 590 of the Madani Mushaf.

85:9
ٱلَّذِىلَهُۥمُلْكُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚوَٱللَّهُعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍشَهِيدٌ٩
alladhī lahu mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin shahīdun

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.(9)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe One Who
  2. لَهُۥlahufor Him
  3. مُلْكُmul'ku(is) the dominion
  4. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
  5. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
  6. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
  7. عَلَىٰʿalāon
  8. كُلِّkullievery
  9. شَىْءٍshayinthing
  10. شَهِيدٌshahīdun(is) a Witness

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