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Quran 16:75

Surah An-Nahl, Verse 75

Juz 14 · Page 275 · Ruku 233 · Meccan

ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا عَبْدًا مَّمْلُوكًا لَّا يَقْدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ وَمَن رَّزَقْنَٰهُ مِنَّا رِزْقًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ يُنفِقُ مِنْهُ سِرًّا وَجَهْرًا هَلْ يَسْتَوُۥنَ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Word by word

۞ ضَرَبَ ḍaraba Allah sets forth ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah sets forth مَثَلًا mathalan the example عَبْدًۭا ʿabdan (of) a slave مَّمْلُوكًۭا mamlūkan (who is) owned لَّا lā not يَقْدِرُ yaqdiru he has power عَلَىٰ ʿalā on شَىْءٍۢ shayin anything وَمَن waman and (one) whom رَّزَقْنَـٰهُ razaqnāhu We provided him مِنَّا minnā from Us رِزْقًا riz'qan a provision حَسَنًۭا ḥasanan good فَهُوَ fahuwa so he يُنفِقُ yunfiqu spends مِنْهُ min'hu from it سِرًّۭا sirran secretly وَجَهْرًا ۖ wajahran and publicly هَلْ hal Can يَسْتَوُۥنَ ۚ yastawūna they be equal ٱلْحَمْدُ l-ḥamdu All praise لِلَّهِ ۚ lillahi (is) for Allah بَلْ bal Nay أَكْثَرُهُمْ aktharuhum but most of them لَا lā (do) not يَعْلَمُونَ yaʿlamūna know

Transliteration

Daraba Allahu mathalan AAabdanmamlookan la yaqdiru AAala shay-in waman razaqnahuminna rizqan hasanan fahuwa yunfiqu minhu sirranwajahran hal yastawoona alhamdu lillahi balaktharuhum la yaAAlamoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Allah coineth a similitude: (on the one hand) a (mere) chattel slave, who hath control of nothing, and (on the other hand) one on whom we have bestowed a fair provision from Us, and he spendeth thereof secretly and openly. Are they equal? Praise be to Allah! But most of them know not.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Allah sets forth the Parable (of two men: one) a slave under the dominion of another; He has no power of any sort; and (the other) a man on whom We have bestowed goodly favours from Ourselves, and he spends thereof (freely), privately and publicly: are the two equal? (By no means;) praise be to Allah. But most of them understand not.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

قال العوفي ، عن ابن عباس : هذا مثل ضربه الله للكافر والمؤمن : وكذا قال قتادة ، واختاره ابن جرير .

والعبد المملوك الذي لا يقدر على شيء مثل الكافر ، والمرزوق الرزق الحسن فهو ينفق منه سرا وجهرا هو المؤمن .

وقال ابن أبي نجيح ، عن مجاهد : هو مثل مضروب للوثن وللحق تعالى ، فهل يستوي هذا وهذا ؟

ولما كان الفرق ما بينهما بينا واضحا ظاهرا لا يجهله إلا كل غبي ، قال [ الله ] تعالى : ( الحمد لله بل أكثرهم لا يعلمون ) [ ثم قال الله تعالى ]

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.