Surah Ar-Ra'd, ayah 16
قُلْ مَن رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قُلْ أَفَٱتَّخَذْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا ۚ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ أَمْ هَلْ تَسْتَوِى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُ وَٱلنُّورُ ۗ أَمْ جَعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ خَلَقُوا۟ كَخَلْقِهِۦ فَتَشَـٰبَهَ ٱلْخَلْقُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ خَـٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّـٰرُ
Say, "Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?" Say, "Allāh." Say, "Have you then taken besides Him allies not possessing [even] for themselves any benefit or any harm?" Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Or is darkness equivalent to light? Or have they attributed to Allāh partners who created like His creation so that the creation [of each] seemed similar to them?" Say, "Allāh is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Prevailing."
Word by word
- قُلْqulSay
- مَنmanWho
- رَّبُّrabbu(is) the Lord
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
- قُلِquliSay
- ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah
- قُلْqulSay
- أَفَٱتَّخَذْتُمafa-ittakhadhtumHave you then taken
- مِّنminfrom
- دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
- أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors
- لَاlānot
- يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey have power
- لِأَنفُسِهِمْli-anfusihimfor themselves
- نَفْعًۭاnafʿan(to) benefit
- وَلَاwalāand not
- ضَرًّۭا ۚḍarran(to) harm
- قُلْqulSay
- هَلْhalIs
- يَسْتَوِىyastawīequal
- ٱلْأَعْمَىٰl-aʿmāthe blind
- وَٱلْبَصِيرُwal-baṣīruand the seeing
- أَمْamOr
- هَلْhalis
- تَسْتَوِىtastawīequal
- ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُl-ẓulumātuthe darkness[es]
- وَٱلنُّورُ ۗwal-nūruand the light
- أَمْamOr
- جَعَلُوا۟jaʿalūthey attribute
- لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
- شُرَكَآءَshurakāapartners
- خَلَقُوا۟khalaqūwho created
- كَخَلْقِهِۦkakhalqihilike His creation
- فَتَشَـٰبَهَfatashābahaso that seemed alike
- ٱلْخَلْقُl-khalquthe creation
- عَلَيْهِمْ ۚʿalayhimto them
- قُلِquliSay
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- خَـٰلِقُkhāliqu(is) the Creator
- كُلِّkulliof all
- شَىْءٍۢshayinthings
- وَهُوَwahuwaand He
- ٱلْوَٰحِدُl-wāḥidu(is) the One
- ٱلْقَهَّـٰرُl-qahāruthe Irresistible
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