Surah An-Nahl, ayah 51
۞ وَقَالَ ٱللَّهُ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ إِلَـٰهَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ ۖ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۖ فَإِيَّـٰىَ فَٱرْهَبُونِ
And Allāh has said, "Do not take for yourselves two deities. He [i.e., Allāh] is but one God, so fear only Me."
An-Nahl · 16:51
Word by word
- ۞ وَقَالَwaqālaAnd Allah has said
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah has said
- لَاlā(Do) not
- تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟tattakhidhūtake
- إِلَـٰهَيْنِilāhayni[two] gods
- ٱثْنَيْنِ ۖith'naynitwo
- إِنَّمَاinnamāonly
- هُوَhuwaHe
- إِلَـٰهٌۭilāhun(is) God
- وَٰحِدٌۭ ۖwāḥidunOne
- فَإِيَّـٰىَfa-iyyāyaso Me Alone
- فَٱرْهَبُونِfa-ir'habūniyou fear [Me]
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