Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:74

16:74

فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

falā taḍribū lillahi l-amthāla inna l-laha yaʿlamu wa-antum lā taʿlamūna

So do not assert similarities to Allāh. Indeed, Allāh knows and you do not know.

— Saheeh International

So do not make up images about God: God knows and you do not.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So put not forward similitudes for Allâh (as there is nothing similar to Him, nor He resembles anything). Truly! Allâh knows and you know not.

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

Juz 14Page 275meccan

Word by Word

فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
تَضْرِبُوا۟taḍribūput forth
لِلَّهِlillahifor Allah
ٱلْأَمْثَالَۚl-amthālathe similitude
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you
لَاlā(do) not
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow