The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:140

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Arabic English Morphology
قَالَ qāla
He said V
Should other than Noun
Allah Noun
I seek for you V
a god Noun
وَهُوَ wahuwa
while He Noun
فَضَّلَكُمْ faḍḍalakum
has preferred you V
عَلَى ʿalā
over Prep
the worlds Noun

Why should I seek any god other than God for you, when He has favoured you over all other people?’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالَ أَغَیۡرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبۡغِیكُمۡ إِلَـٰهࣰا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝١٤٠

qāla aghayra l-lahi abghīkum ilāhan wahuwa faḍḍalakum ʿalā l-ʿālamīn