Surah An-Nahl, ayah 75
۞ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا عَبْدًا مَّمْلُوكًا لَّا يَقْدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ وَمَن رَّزَقْنَـٰهُ مِنَّا رِزْقًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ يُنفِقُ مِنْهُ سِرًّا وَجَهْرًا ۖ هَلْ يَسْتَوُۥنَ ۚ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Allāh presents an example: a slave [who is] owned and unable to do a thing and he to whom We have provided from Us good provision, so he spends from it secretly and publicly. Can they be equal? Praise to Allāh! But most of them do not know.
An-Nahl · 16:75
Word by word
- ۞ ضَرَبَḍarabaAllah sets forth
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah sets forth
- مَثَلًاmathalanthe example
- عَبْدًۭاʿabdan(of) a slave
- مَّمْلُوكًۭاmamlūkan(who is) owned
- لَّاlānot
- يَقْدِرُyaqdiruhe has power
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- شَىْءٍۢshayinanything
- وَمَنwamanand (one) whom
- رَّزَقْنَـٰهُrazaqnāhuWe provided him
- مِنَّاminnāfrom Us
- رِزْقًاriz'qana provision
- حَسَنًۭاḥasanangood
- فَهُوَfahuwaso he
- يُنفِقُyunfiquspends
- مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
- سِرًّۭاsirransecretly
- وَجَهْرًا ۖwajahranand publicly
- هَلْhalCan
- يَسْتَوُۥنَ ۚyastawūnathey be equal
- ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduAll praise
- لِلَّهِ ۚlillahi(is) for Allah
- بَلْbalNay
- أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhumbut most of them
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
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