Taha Verse 5 | 20:5

اَلرَّحْمٰنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوٰى ( طه: ٥ )

al-raḥmānu

ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ

The Most Gracious

ʿalā

عَلَى

over

l-ʿarshi

ٱلْعَرْشِ

the Throne

is'tawā

ٱسْتَوَىٰ

is established

Ar-Rahmaanu 'alal 'Arshis tawaa (Ṭāʾ Hāʾ 20:5)

Sahih International:

The Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne established. (Taha [20] : 5)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

The RaHmān (Allah, the All-Merciful) has positioned Himself on the Throne.

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

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

The Most Gracious Istawa the Throne.

A discussion concerning this has already preceded in Surah Al-A`raf, so there is no need to repeat it here.

The safest path to take in understanding this, is the way of the Salaf (predecessors). Their way was to accept that which has been reported concerning this from the Book and the Sunnah without describing it, reinterpreting it, resembling it to creation, rejecting it, or comparing it to attributes of the creatures.

Concerning Allah's statement,

لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الاَْرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَمَا تَحْتَ الثَّرَى