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Al-Isra
42
17:42
قل لو كان معه الهة كما يقولون اذا لابتغوا الى ذي العرش سبيلا ٤٢
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ مَعَهُۥٓ ءَالِهَةٌۭ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذًۭا لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ سَبِيلًۭا ٤٢
قُل
لَّوۡ
كَانَ
مَعَهُۥٓ
ءَالِهَةٞ
كَمَا
يَقُولُونَ
إِذٗا
لَّٱبۡتَغَوۡاْ
إِلَىٰ
ذِي
ٱلۡعَرۡشِ
سَبِيلٗا
٤٢
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Had there been other gods besides Him—as they claim—then they would have certainly sought a way to ˹challenge˺ the Lord of the Throne.”
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كما ىقولون
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كَمَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ
yaqūlūna
“as they claim”
This verb is in the third person, matching the ayah preceding it immediately.
كَمَا تَقُوْلُوْنَ
taqūlūna
“as you (pl.) claim”
This verb is in the second person, which more closely matches the address with "Say".
Explanation
These readings amount to the same meaning [al-Mahdawi].
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He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
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Explanation
These readings amount to the same meaning [al-Mahdawi].