16: Surah An-Nahl - Part 25
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وَيَعْبُدُونَ
wayaʿbudūna
And they worship
مِن
min
other than
دُونِ
dūni
other than
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مَا
which
لَا
not
يَمْلِكُ
yamliku
possesses
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
رِزْقًۭا
riz'qan
any provision
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
شَيْـًۭٔا
shayan
[anything]
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
yastaṭīʿūna
they are able
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فَلَا
falā
So (do) not
تَضْرِبُوا۟
taḍribū
put forth
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
for Allah
ٱلْأَمْثَالَ ۚ
l-amthāla
the similitude
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يَعْلَمُ
yaʿlamu
knows
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
and you
لَا
(do) not
تَعْلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
know
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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
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
(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
know
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