Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 2 (3:2)

آلِ عِمْرَان

ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ

Quran 3:2 is ayah 2 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 50 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:2
ٱللَّهُلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَٱلْحَىُّٱلْقَيُّومُ٢
al-lahu lā ilāha illā huwa l-ḥayu l-qayūmu

Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining.(2)

Word by word

  1. ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
  2. لَآlā(there is) no
  3. إِلَٰهَilāhaGod
  4. إِلَّاillāexcept
  5. هُوَhuwaHim
  6. ٱلْحَىُّl-ḥayuthe Ever-Living
  7. ٱلْقَيُّومُl-qayūmuthe Sustainer of all that exists

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