Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 52 (16:52)

ٱلنَّحْل

وَلَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَهُ ٱلدِّينُ وَاصِبًا ۚ أَفَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ تَتَّقُونَ

Quran 16:52 is ayah 52 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 272 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:52
وَلَهُۥمَافِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَلَهُٱلدِّينُوَاصِبًا ۚأَفَغَيْرَٱللَّهِتَتَّقُونَ٥٢
walahu mā fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi walahu l-dīnu wāṣiban afaghayra l-lahi tattaqūna

And to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and to Him is [due] worship constantly. Then is it other than Allāh that you fear?(52)

Word by word

  1. وَلَهُۥwalahuAnd to Him (belongs)
  2. مَاmāwhatever
  3. فِىfī(is) in
  4. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  5. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
  6. وَلَهُwalahuand to Him
  7. ٱلدِّينُl-dīnu(is due) the worship
  8. وَاصِبًا ۚwāṣibanconstantly
  9. أَفَغَيْرَafaghayraThen is it other (than)
  10. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  11. تَتَّقُونَtattaqūnayou fear

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