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Quran 16:17

Surah An-Nahl, Verse 17

Juz 14 · Page 269 · Ruku 225 · Meccan

أَفَمَن يَخْلُقُ كَمَن لَّا يَخْلُقُ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Word by word

أَفَمَن afaman Then is He Who يَخْلُقُ yakhluqu creates كَمَن kaman like one who لَّا lā (does) not يَخْلُقُ ۗ yakhluqu create أَفَلَا afalā Then will you not تَذَكَّرُونَ tadhakkarūna remember

Transliteration

Afaman yakhluqu kaman la yakhluquafala tathakkaroon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Is He then Who createth as him who createth not? Will ye not then remember?

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Is then He Who creates like one that creates not? Will ye not receive admonition?

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم قال تعالى منبها على عظمته ، وأنه لا تنبغي العبادة إلا له دون ما سواه من الأوثان ، التي لا تخلق شيئا بل هم يخلقون ; ولهذا قال : ( أفمن يخلق كمن لا يخلق أفلا تذكرون )

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.