An-Nahl Verse 52 | 16:52

وَلَهٗ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلَهُ الدِّيْنُ وَاصِبًاۗ اَفَغَيْرَ اللّٰهِ تَتَّقُوْنَ ( النحل: ٥٢ )

walahu

وَلَهُۥ

And to Him (belongs)

mā

مَا

whatever

fī

فِى

(is) in

l-samāwāti

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

the heavens

wal-arḍi

وَٱلْأَرْضِ

and the earth

walahu

وَلَهُ

and to Him

l-dīnu

ٱلدِّينُ

(is due) the worship

wāṣiban

وَاصِبًاۚ

constantly

afaghayra

أَفَغَيْرَ

Then is it other (than)

l-lahi

ٱللَّهِ

Allah

tattaqūna

تَتَّقُونَ

you fear?

Wa lahoo maa fis samaawaati wal ardi wa lahud deenu waasibaa; afaghairal laahi tattaqoon (an-Naḥl 16:52)

Sahih International:

And to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and to Him is [due] worship constantly. Then is it other than Allah that you fear? (An-Nahl [16] : 52)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

And to Him belongs what is in the heavens and the earth, and it is only He who deserves obedience as ever due. Would you, then, fear someone other than Allah?

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

And to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, as possessions, creatures and servants. And to Him belongs the religion, the obedience, that endures, the [one] everlasting (wsiban, is a circumstantial qualifier referring to al-dn, `the religion', and is operated by the sense of the adverbial clause). Will you then fear any other than God?, when He is the True God, other than Whom there is no god (the interrogative is a [statement of] rejection and rebuke).

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And Allah said "Do not worship two gods. Indeed, He (Allah) is only One God. Then fear Me Alone.To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth and the religion.

Allah tells us that there is no god but He, and that no one else should be worshipped except Him, alone, without partners, for He is the Sovereign, Creator, and Lord of all things.

وَلَهُ الدِّينُ وَاصِبًا

His is the religion Wasiba,

Ibn Abbas, Mujahid, Ikrimah, Maymun bin Mahran, As-Suddi, Qatadah and others said that;

this means forever.

It was also reported that Ibn Abbas said,

"It means obligatory."

Mujahid said;

"It means purely for Him,"

i.e., worship is due to Him Alone, from whoever is in the heavens and on earth.

As Allah says;

أَفَغَيْرَ دِينِ اللَّهِ يَبْغُونَ وَلَهُ أَسْلَمَ مَن فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ

Do they seek other than the religion of Allah, while to Him submitted all creatures in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly. And to Him shall they all be returned. (3;83)

This is in accordance with the opinion of Ibn Abbas and Ikrimah, which is that this Ayah is merely stating the case.

According to the opinion of Mujahid,

it is by way of instruction, i.e., it is saying;You had better fear associating partners in worship with Me, and be sincere in your obedience to Me.

As Allah says;

أَلَا لِلَّهِ الدِّينُ الْخَالِصُ

Surely, the pure religion (sincere devotion) is for Allah only. (39;3)

Then Allah tells