Surah Al-An'am 6:19 — translation and meaning

الأنعام · Verse 19 / 165 · Page 130

ۖ ۚ ۚ ۚ ۖ ۚ قُلْ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَكْبَرُ شَهَادَةً قُلِ اللَّهُ شَهِيدٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَأُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ لِأُنذِرَكُم بِهِ وَمَن بَلَغَ أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ مَعَ اللَّهِ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى قُل لَّا أَشْهَدُ قُلْ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ وَإِنَّنِي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ

Word by Word

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ۚ
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ۚ
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَيُّ
ayyu
What
شَيْءٍ
shayin
thing
أَكْبَرُ
akbaru
(is) greatest
شَهَادَةً
shahadatan
(as) a testimony
قُلِ
quli
Say
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
شَهِيدٌ
shahidun
(is) Witness
بَيْنِي
bayni
between me
وَبَيْنَكُمْ
wabaynakum
and between you
وَأُوحِيَ
wauhiya
and has been revealed
إِلَيَّ
ilayya
to me
هَذَا
hadha
this
الْقُرْآنُ
al-qur'anu
[the] Quran
لِأُنذِرَكُم
li-undhirakum
that I may warn you
بِهِ
bihi
with it
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
بَلَغَ
balagha
it reaches
أَئِنَّكُمْ
a-innakum
Do you truly
لَتَشْهَدُونَ
latashhaduna
testify
أَنَّ
anna
that
مَعَ
ma'a
with
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
آلِهَةً
alihatan
(there are) gods
أُخْرَى
ukh'ra
other
قُل
qul
Say
لَّا
la
Not
أَشْهَدُ
ashhadu
(do) I testify
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنَّمَا
innama
Only
هُوَ
huwa
He
إِلَهٌ
ilahun
(is) God
وَاحِدٌ
wahidun
One
وَإِنَّنِي
wa-innani
and indeed, I am
بَرِيءٌ
barion
free
مِّمَّا
mimma
of what
تُشْرِكُونَ
tush'rikuna
you associate (with Him)

Transliteration

Qul ayyu shai'in akbaru shahaadatan qulil laahu shaheedum bainee wa bainakum; wa oohiya ilaiya haazal Qur'aanu li unzirakum bihee wa mam balagh; a'innakum latashhadoona anna ma'al laahi aalihatan ukhraa; qul laaa ashhad; qul innamaa Huwa Ilaahunw Waahidunw wa innanee baree'um mimmaa tushrikoon

Translation

Say, "What thing is greatest in testimony?" Say, "Allah is witness between me and you. And this Qur'an was revealed to me that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches. Do you [truly] testify that with Allah there are other deities?" Say, "I will not testify [with you]." Say, "Indeed, He is but one God, and indeed, I am free of what you associate [with Him]."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Say, O Messenger, to the idolaters who deny you: Which thing is greatest and most honoured as a witness to my truthfulness? Say: Allah is the greatest and most honoured witness to my truthfulness. He is a witness between you and me. He knows what I have brought to you and how you respond. Allah has revealed this Qur’ān to me to warn you by it and to warn any human or jinn it reaches. You, O idolaters, believe that there are others worthy of worship together with Allah. Say, O Messenger: I do not bear witness to what you have acknowledged as it is false. Allah is only one God: He has no partner. I am free from all that you associate as partners with Him.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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