Surah Ar-Ra'd (الرعد) • The Thunder

Quran 13:16

13:16

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

qul man rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi quli l-lahu qul afa-ittakhadhtum min dūnihi awliyāa lā yamlikūna li-anfusihim nafʿan walā ḍarran qul hal yastawī l-aʿmā wal-baṣīru am hal tastawī l-ẓulumātu wal-nūru am jaʿalū lillahi shurakāa khalaqū kakhalqihi fatashābaha l-khalqu ʿalayhim quli l-lahu khāliqu kulli shayin wahuwa l-wāḥidu l-qahāru

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."

— Saheeh International

Say [Prophet], ‘Who is Lord of the heavens and the earth?’ Say, ‘God.’ Say, ‘Why do you take protectors other than Him, who can neither benefit nor harm even themselves?’ Say, ‘Are the blind equal to those who can see? And are the depths of darkness equal to the light?’ Have the partners they assign to God created anything like His creation so that their creation is indistinguishable from His? Say, ‘God is the Creator of all things: He is the One, the All Compelling.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم): "Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?" Say: "(It is) Allâh." Say: "Have you then taken (for worship) Auliyâ’ (protectors) other than Him, such as have no power either for benefit or for harm to themselves?" Say: "Is the blind equal to the one who sees? Or darkness equal to light? Or do they assign to Allâh partners who created the like of His creation, so that the creation (which they made and His creation) seemed alike to them?" Say: "Allâh is the Creator of all things; and He is the One, the Irresistible."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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قُلْqulSay
مَنmanWho
رَّبُّrabbu(is) the Lord
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
قُلِquliSay
ٱللَّهُۚl-lahuAllah
قُلْqulSay
أَفَٱتَّخَذْتُمafa-ittakhadhtumHave you then taken
مِّنminfrom
دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors
لَاlānot
يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey have power
لِأَنفُسِهِمْli-anfusihimfor themselves
نَفْعًۭاnafʿan(to) benefit
وَلَاwalāand not
ضَرًّۭاۚḍarran(to) harm
قُلْqulSay
هَلْhalIs
يَسْتَوِىyastawīequal
ٱلْأَعْمَىٰl-aʿmāthe blind
وَٱلْبَصِيرُwal-baṣīruand the seeing
أَمْamOr
هَلْhalis
تَسْتَوِىtastawīequal
ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُl-ẓulumātuthe darkness[es]
وَٱلنُّورُۗwal-nūruand the light
أَمْamOr
جَعَلُوا۟jaʿalūthey attribute
لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
شُرَكَآءَshurakāapartners
خَلَقُوا۟khalaqūwho created
كَخَلْقِهِۦkakhalqihilike His creation
فَتَشَـٰبَهَfatashābahaso that seemed alike
ٱلْخَلْقُl-khalquthe creation
عَلَيْهِمْۚʿalayhimto them
قُلِquliSay
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
خَـٰلِقُkhāliqu(is) the Creator
كُلِّkulliof all
شَىْءٍۢshayinthings
وَهُوَwahuwaand He
ٱلْوَٰحِدُl-wāḥidu(is) the One
ٱلْقَهَّـٰرُl-qahāruthe Irresistible