# 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 35

- **Surah:** 37. Surah As-Saffat (Those drawn up in Ranks) — سورة الصافات
- **Verse:** 35 / 182 · **Juz:** 23 · **Mushaf page:** 446
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-35

## Arabic

اِنَّهُمْ كَانُٓوا اِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمْ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَۙ

## Transcription

Innahum kanoo itha qeela lahumla ilaha illa Allahu yastakbiroon

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

When they were told, ‘There is no god but Allah,’ they were arrogant.

### Progressive Muslims

When it was said to them: "There is no god except God, " they would be arrogant.

### Shabbir Ahmed

For when it was said to them, "There is no god but Allah", they showed arrogance.

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

They — when it was said to them: “There is no god save God,” — waxed proud,

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

When it was said to them: "There is no god except God," they would be arrogant.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

When they were told, "Laa Elaaha Ella Allah

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

They were those who, when it was said to them, "There is no god but God," behaved with insolence,

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allah," were arrogant

### Muhammad Asad

for, behold, whenever they were told, "There is no deity save God," they would glory in their arrogance

### Marmaduke Pickthall

For when it was said unto them, There is no Allah save Allah, they were scornful

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

Whenever it was said to them: "There is no true deity apart from Allah," they waxed proud

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

When they were told in life: "There is no supreme being but Allah", they responded with extravagance in their accounts of themselves and displayed inordinate self-esteem.

### Bijan Moeinian

These are the same people that when they were told: "There is no other god beside God", they revealed their arrogant nature.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

Truly, when it was said to them: Lâ ilâha illallâh "(none has the right to be worshipped but Allâh)," they puffed themselves up with pride[1] (i.e. denied it).

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

For they, when they were told that there is no god except Allah, would puff themselves up with Pride,

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

For whenever it was said to them ˹in the world˺, "There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Allah," they acted arrogantly

### Taqi Usmani

They were those to whom when it was said: "There is no god but Allah", they waxed proud,

### Abdul Haleem

Whenever it was said to them, ‘There is no deity but God,’ they became arrogant,

### Arthur John Arberry

for when it was said to them, 'There is no god but God,' they were ever waxing proud,

### E. Henry Palmer

Verily, when it is said to them, 'There is no god but God,' they get too big with pride,

### Hamid S. Aziz

Surely they used to behave arrogantly when it was said to them, "There is no God but Allah. "

### Mahmoud Ghali

Surely when it was said to them, "There is no god except Allah, " they were waxing proud.

### George Sale

Because when it is said unto them, there is no god besides the true God, they swell with arrogance,

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

Truly, when they were told that there is no god except Allah, they would fill themselves up with (false) pride,

### Amatul Rahman Omar

For when it was said to them, `There is no other, cannot be and will never be One worthy of worship but Allâh,' they ever turned away in disdain.

### Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed it was they who, when they were told, ‘There is no god except Allah,’ used to be disdainful,

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Onlara "la ilahe İllallah" gerçeğini kabullenin denildiğinde, muhakkak ki onlar benliklerini öne çıkarmışlardı!

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Çünkü onlara: "Allah'tan başka ilah yoktur" denildiği zaman, büyüklük taslarlardı.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Çünkü onlara, "Allah'tan başka tanrı yoktur" denildiğinde büyüklük taslarlardı.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

Çünkü onlar, kendilerine, "Allah'tan başka hiçbir ilah yoktur" denildiği zaman, inanmayıp büyüklük taslıyorlardı.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Çünkü onlar "la ilahe illallah" denildiği zaman kafa tutuyorlardı

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Çünkü onlar kendilerine: "Allah'tan başka ilah yoktur." denildiği zaman kafa tutuyorlardı.

### Gültekin Onan

Çünkü onlara: "Tanrı'dan başka tanrı yoktur" denildiği zaman büyüklük taslarlardı.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

Çünkü onlar "Allahdan başka hiçbir Tanrı yok" denildiği vakit büyüklük taslarlardı,

### İbni Kesir

Çünkü onlara; Allah'tan başka ilah yoktur, denildiğinde, büyüklük taslarlardı.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

çünkü bakın, ne zaman onlara "Allah'tan başka ilah yoktur!" denilse küstahça böbürlenirlerdi

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Çünkü onlar, kendilerine: -Allah'tan başka ilah yoktur, denildiği zaman büyüklenirlerdi.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Çünkü onlara: "Allah'tan başka tanrı yoktur!" dendiği zaman büyüklük taslarlardı.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Onlar, kendilerine, "Allah'tan başka ilah yoktur" dendiğinde, kibirleniyorlardı.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Şu bir gerçek ki, ne zaman kendilerine "Allah'tan başka ilah yoktur" denilmişse, mutlaka küstahça kibirlenmişler

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Onlar, kendilerine: "Allah'tan başka ilah yoktur." denildiği zaman büyüklük taslayanlardı.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Aslında, onlara, "Allah'tan başka Tanrı yoktur!" denildiğinde büyüklük taslıyorlardı.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Onlara: "Allah'tan başka ilah yoktur" denilince büyüklenirlerdi;

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Şüphesiz ki onlara "Allah'tan başka ilah yoktur." dendiği zaman kibir gösterirlerdi.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Onlar, kendilerine: "Allah'tan başka ilah yoktur." denildiği zaman büyüklük taslayanlardı.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Onlar, kendilerine: "Allah'tan başka ilah yoktur." denildiği zaman büyüklük taslayanlardı.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Onlara: "Allah'tan başka ilah yoktur." denilince büyüklenirlerdi[1].

_Footnotes_
- [1] [Zümer 39/59,](https://quran.so/39/59) [Casiye 45/31.](https://quran.so/45/31)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّهُمْ — innahum | Indeed, they | — |
| 2 | كَانُوٓا۟ — kānū | were | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun |
| 3 | إِذَا — idhā | when | — |
| 4 | قِيلَ — qīla | it was said | قول — Kaf-Vav-Lam |
| 5 | لَهُمْ — lahum | to them | — |
| 6 | لَآ — lā | (There is) no | — |
| 7 | إِلَـٰهَ — ilāha | god | اله — Elif-Lam-he |
| 8 | إِلَّا — illā | except | — |
| 9 | ٱللَّهُ — l-lahu | Allah | — |
| 10 | يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ — yastakbirūna | were arrogant | كبر — Kef-Be-Ra |

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