Surah Sad, Ayah 65 (38:65)

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قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٌ ۖ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ

Quran 38:65 is ayah 65 of Surah Sad (“The Letter "Saad"”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 457 of the Madani Mushaf.

38:65
قُلْإِنَّمَآأَنَا۠مُنذِرٌ ۖوَمَامِنْإِلَٰهٍإِلَّاٱللَّهُٱلْوَٰحِدُٱلْقَهَّارُ٦٥
qul innamā anā mundhirun wamā min ilāhin illā l-lahu l-wāḥidu l-qahāru

Say, [O Muḥammad], "I am only a warner, and there is not any deity except Allāh, the One, the Prevailing,(65)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
  3. أَنَا۠anāI am
  4. مُنذِرٌ ۖmundhiruna warner
  5. وَمَاwamāand not
  6. مِنْmin(is there) any
  7. إِلَٰهٍilāhingod
  8. إِلَّاillāexcept
  9. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  10. ٱلْوَٰحِدُl-wāḥiduthe One
  11. ٱلْقَهَّارُl-qahāruthe Irresistible

Tafsir (commentary) of 38:65

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This commentary explains ayahs 38:65–70 together.

The Message of the Messenger is a Great News

Allah tells His Messenger to say to those who disbelieved in Allah, associated others in worship with Him and denied His Messenger: `I am a warner, I am not as you claim.'

وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـهٍ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْوَحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ

(and there is no God (worthy of worship) except Allah, the One, the Irresistible,) means, He Alone has subjugated and controlled everything.

رَّبُّ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا

(The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them,) means, He is the Sovereign of all that and is in control of it.

الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفَّارُ

(the Almighty, the Oft-Forgiving.) means, He is Oft-Forgiving as well as being Almighty and All-Powerful.

قُلْ هُوَ نَبَأٌ عَظِيمٌ

(Say: "That (this Qur'an) is a great news,") means, `something very important, which is that Allah has sent me to you.

أَنتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ

(From which you turn away!) means, `you neglect it.'

مَا كَانَ لِىَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَـَلإِ الاٌّعْلَى إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

(I had no knowledge of the chiefs (angels) on high when they were disputing and discussing. ) meaning, `were it not for the divine revelation, how could I have known about the dispute of the chiefs on high (the angels)' This refers to their dispute concerning Adam, peace be upon him, and how Iblis refused to prostrate to him and argued with his Lord because He preferred him (Adam) over him. This is what Allah says:

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