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Quran 16:51

Surah An-Nahl, Verse 51

Juz 14 · Page 272 · Ruku 230 · Meccan

وَقَالَ ٱللَّهُ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ إِلَٰهَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ فَإِيَّٰىَ فَٱرْهَبُونِ

Word by word

۞ وَقَالَ waqāla And Allah has said ٱللَّهُ l-lahu And Allah has said لَا lā (Do) not تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ tattakhidhū take إِلَـٰهَيْنِ ilāhayni [two] gods ٱثْنَيْنِ ۖ ith'nayni two إِنَّمَا innamā only هُوَ huwa He إِلَـٰهٌۭ ilāhun (is) God وَٰحِدٌۭ ۖ wāḥidun One فَإِيَّـٰىَ fa-iyyāya so Me Alone فَٱرْهَبُونِ fa-ir'habūni you fear [Me]

Transliteration

Waqala Allahu latattakhithoo ilahayni ithnayni innama huwailahun wahidun fa-iyyaya farhaboon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Allah hath said: Choose not two gods. There is only One Allah. So of Me, Me only, be in awe.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Allah has said: "Take not (for worship) two gods: for He is just One Allah: then fear Me (and Me alone)."

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى أنه لا إله إلا هو وأنه لا تنبغي العبادة إلا له وحده لا شريك له فإنه مالك كل شئ وخالقه وربه.

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.