The Holy Quran 3:26 — Surah Ali 'Imran

Arabic text

قُلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ مَـٰلِكَ ٱلْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِى ٱلْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَنزِعُ ٱلْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَآءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَآءُ ۖ بِيَدِكَ ٱلْخَيْرُ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Translation

Say, "O Allaah, Owner of kingdom, You bestow kingdom to whoever You please (to the Muslims) and snatch away kingdom from whoever You please (from the Romans, Persians, Jews). You grant honour to whoever You please and disgrace whoever You please. In Your hand is all good (If evil does not exist with good, good cannot be recognised as good. Good is attributed to Allaah and not evil.). Verily You are Able to do all things."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Kingdom and dominion, honour and disgrace are in the hand of Allah: as has been related earlier, the head of the Najran delegation, Abu Harithah ibn Alqamah, had said that if we believe in Muhammad ﷺ, the kings of Rum (Byzantium), who show us honour and give us financial support, will stop it all.

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