Surah Sad 38:5 — translation and meaning

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ۖ أَجَعَلَ الْآلِهَةَ إِلَهًا وَاحِدًا إِنَّ هَذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ

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أَجَعَلَ
aja'ala
Has he made
الْآلِهَةَ
al-alihata
the gods
إِلَهًا
ilahan
(into) one god
وَاحِدًا
wahidan
(into) one god
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
هَذَا
hadha
this
لَشَيْءٌ
lashayon
(is) certainly a thing
عُجَابٌ
ujabun
curious

Transliteration

Aja'alal aalihata Ilaahanw Waahidan inna haazaa lashai'un 'ujaab

Translation

Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Has he made the numerous gods into one God, besides whom there is no god? This act of his is extremely strange”.

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

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