14. Surah Ibrahim, Mecca 72

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

وَقَالَ مُوسَى إِن تَكْفُرُواْ ...

14: 8.     And Moses said:

"If ye show ingratitude,

C1880. Ingratitude not only in feeling or words, but in disobedience, and willful rejection and rebellion.

If the whole of you band together against Allah, you do not detract from Allah's power one atom, because, Allah does not depend upon you for anything, and His goodness and righteousness and praiseworthiness cannot be called in question by your contumacy.

... أَنتُمْ وَمَن فِي الأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا فَإِنَّ اللّهَ لَغَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ ﴿٨﴾

ye and all on earth together -- yet is Allah free of all wants, worthy of all praise.

C1881. Cf.  22:64, 29:6, 35:15. [Eds.]

Other Versions:

14: 8

Asad And Moses added: “If you should [ever] deny the truth – you and whoever else lives on earth, all of you – [know that] verily, God is indeed self-sufficient, ever to be praised!”

Pickthall And Moses said: Though ye and all who are in the earth prove thankless, lo! Allah verily is Absolute, Owner of Praise.

Transliteration Wa qa_la mu_sa_ in takfuru_ antum wa man fil ardi jami'a_(n), fa innalla_ha laganiyyun hamid(un).