The Prophets 21:22

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Arabic English Morphology
لَوْ law
If Prep
كَانَ kāna
(there) were V
in both of them Prep
ءَالِهَةٌ ālihatun
gods Noun
إِلَّا illā
besides Prep
Allah Noun
surely they (would) have been ruined V
فَسُبْحَٰنَ fasub'ḥāna
So glorified Noun
(is) Allah Noun
رَبِّ rabbi
Lord Noun
ٱلْعَرْشِ l-ʿarshi
(of) the Throne Noun
عَمَّا ʿammā
(above) what Prep
يَصِفُونَ yaṣifūna
they attribute V

If there had been in the heavens or earth any gods but Him, both heavens and earth would be in ruins: God, Lord of the Throne, is far above the things they say

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

لَوۡ كَانَ فِیهِمَاۤ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَاۚ فَسُبۡحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ عَمَّا یَصِفُونَ ۝٢٢

law kāna fīhimā ālihatun illā l-lahu lafasadatā fasub'ḥāna l-lahi rabbi l-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūn