Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:51

16:51

۞ وَقَالَ ٱللَّهُ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ إِلَـٰهَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ ۖ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۖ فَإِيَّـٰىَ فَٱرْهَبُونِ

waqāla l-lahu lā tattakhidhū ilāhayni ith'nayni innamā huwa ilāhun wāḥidun fa-iyyāya fa-ir'habūni

And Allāh has said, "Do not take for yourselves two deities. He [i.e., Allāh] is but one God, so fear only Me."

— Saheeh International

God said, ‘Do not take two gods’- for He is the One God––‘ I alone am the One that you should hold in awe.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And Allâh said (O mankind!): "Take not ilâhain (two gods in worship). Verily, He (Allâh) is (the) only One Ilâh (God). Then, fear Me (Allâh جل جلاله) much [and Me (Alone), i.e. be away from all kinds of sins and evil deeds that Allâh has forbidden and do all that Allâh has ordained and worship none but Allâh].

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

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۞ وَقَالَwaqālaAnd Allah has said
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah has said
لَاlā(Do) not
تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟tattakhidhūtake
إِلَـٰهَيْنِilāhayni[two] gods
ٱثْنَيْنِۖith'naynitwo
إِنَّمَاinnamāonly
هُوَhuwaHe
إِلَـٰهٌۭilāhun(is) God
وَٰحِدٌۭۖwāḥidunOne
فَإِيَّـٰىَfa-iyyāyaso Me Alone
فَٱرْهَبُونِfa-ir'habūniyou fear [Me]