No God but God - [la_ ila_ha illa_ h]

2. Surah al-Baqara, Medina 87

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

وَإِلَـهُكُمْ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ لاَّ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٦٣﴾

2: 163. And your Allah is one Allah;

there is no god but He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

Transliteration Wa ila_hukum ila_huw wa_hid(un), la_ ila_ha illa_ huwar rahma_nur rahim(u).

Other Versions:

2: 163

Asad And your God is the One God: there is no deity save Him, the Most Gracious, the Dispenser of Grace.

Pickthall Your God is One God; there is no God save Him, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

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[ Ali’s notes:

C165. Where the terrible consequences of Evil, i.e., the rejection of Allah, are mentioned, there is always stress laid on Allah's attributes of Grace and Mercy.

In this case Unity is also stressed, because we have just been told about the Qiblah symbol of unity and are about to pass the theme of unity in diversity, in Nature and in the social laws of human society. ]