Al-Qur'an Surah An-Naml Verse 26

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Allah! There is no god but He, the Lord of the Great Throne.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

˹He is˺ Allah! There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him, the Lord of the Mighty Throne.”

Ruwwad Translation Center

Allah; none has the right to be worshiped except Him, the Lord of the Mighty Throne.”

A. J. Arberry

God: there is no god but He, the Lord of the Mighty Throne.'

Abdul Haleem

He is God, there is no god but Him, the Lord of the mighty throne.’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Allah! there is no God but he, the Lord of the Magnificent Throne.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"Allah!- there is no god but He!- Lord of the Throne Supreme!"

Abul Ala Maududi

Allah - none is worthy of worship save He; He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.

Ahmed Ali

God: There is no god but He, the Lord of the glorious throne."

Ahmed Raza Khan

“Allah – there is no True God except Him, the Owner of the Great Throne.” (Command of Prostration # 8)

Ali Quli Qarai

Allah—there is no god except Him—is the Lord of the Great Throne.’

Ali Ünal

"God – there is no deity but He, the Lord of the Mighty Throne."

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Allâh! there is no other, cannot be and will never be One worthy of worship but He, the Lord of the Mighty Throne.´ [Prostration]

English Literal

God, no God except Him, Lord (of) the throne , the great.

Faridul Haque

“Allah - there is no True God except Him, the Owner of the Great Throne.” (Command of Prostration # 8)

Hamid S. Aziz

"So they will not worship Allah, Who brings forth the secrets in the heavens and the earth, and knows what they hide and what they manifest.

Hilali & Khan

Allah, La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Lord of the Supreme Throne!

Maulana Mohammad Ali

I found her and her people adoring the sun instead of Allah, and the devil has made their deeds fair-seeming to them and turned them from the way, so they go not aright --

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Allah, there is no god but He: He is the Lord of mighty power.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Allah; there is no Allah save Him, the Lord of the Tremendous Throne.

Muhammad Sarwar

God is the only Lord and master of the Great Throne."

Qaribullah & Darwish

Allah, there is no god except He, the Lord of the Mighty Throne'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Allah, La ilaha illa Huwa, the Lord of the Supreme Throne!"

Wahiduddin Khan

He is God: there is no deity but He, the Lord of the mighty throne."

Talal Itani

God—There is no god but He, the Lord of the Sublime Throne.”

Tafsir jalalayn

God -- there is no god except Him, the Lord of the Mighty Throne' (this clause constitutes an [independent] new sentence, which is a eulogy comprising [praise of] the Throne of the Compassionate One to counter the [description of the] throne of Bilqs; between the two, however, is an unfathomable difference).

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Allah, La ilaha illa Huwa, the Lord of the Supreme Throne!

means, He is the One to be called upon, Allah, He is the One other than Whom there is no god, the Lord of the Supreme Throne, and there is none greater than Him in all of creation.

Since the hoopoe was calling to what is good, and for people to worship and prostrate to Allah alone, it would have been forbidden to kill him.

Imam Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said that;

the Prophet forbade killing four kinds of animals;

ants,

bees,

hoopoes and

the sparrow hawks.

Its chain of narration is Sahih