The Holy Quran 44:8 — Surah Ad-Dukhan

Arabic text

لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Translation

There is no Ilaah but Him Who gives life and death. He is your Rabb and the Rabb of your predecessors (your fathers and forefathers).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, He in whose control lie causing death and giving life, in whose hands are the reins of existence and non-existence, and under whose nurturing care are all the first and the last — can it be permissible to worship anyone other than Him? This is so clear a truth that there is absolutely no room in it for doubt or suspicion.

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