Surah Ash-Shura 42:9
سُورَةُ الشُّورَىٰ · Meccan · Verse 9 of 53
أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۖ فَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلْوَلِىُّ وَهُوَ يُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ
Translation
How can they take protectors other than Him? God alone is the Protector; He gives life to the dead; He has power over all things.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
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