Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:25

21:25

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدُونِ

wamā arsalnā min qablika min rasūlin illā nūḥī ilayhi annahu lā ilāha illā anā fa-uʿ'budūni

And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."

— Saheeh International

We never sent any messenger before you [Muhammad] without revealing to him: ‘There is no god but Me, so serve Me.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We did not send any Messenger before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) but We revealed to him (saying): Lâ ilâha illa Ana [none has the right to be worshipped but I (Allâh)], so worship Me (Alone and none else)."

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

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Word by Word

وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
مِنminbefore you
قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
مِنminany
رَّسُولٍrasūlinMessenger
إِلَّاillābut
نُوحِىٓnūḥīWe reveal(ed)
إِلَيْهِilayhito him
أَنَّهُۥannahuthat [He]
لَآlā(There is) no
إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنَا۠anāMe
فَٱعْبُدُونِfa-uʿ'budūniso worship Me