The Prophets
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[21:22]
had there been in heaven or on earth any deities other than God, both [those realms] would surely have fallen into ruin!
But limitless in His glory is God, enthroned in His awesome almightiness [far] above anything that men may devise by way of definition!

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* v.22 : Lit., “in those two [realms],” alluding to the first clause of verse 19 above.
* Lit., “the Sustainer (rabb) of the awesome throne of almightiness.” (For this rendering of al-‘arsh, see note 43 on 7:54.
* Cf. last sentence of verse 18 and the corresponding note 22, as well as note 88 on 6:100.