Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:14

6:14

قُلْ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَتَّخِذُ وَلِيًّا فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ يُطْعِمُ وَلَا يُطْعَمُ ۗ قُلْ إِنِّىٓ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ ۖ وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

qul aghayra l-lahi attakhidhu waliyyan fāṭiri l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wahuwa yuṭ'ʿimu walā yuṭ'ʿamu qul innī umir'tu an akūna awwala man aslama walā takūnanna mina l-mush'rikīna

Say, "Is it other than Allāh I should take as a protector, Creator of the heavens and earth, while it is He who feeds and is not fed?" Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, I have been commanded to be the first [among you] who submit [to Allāh] and [was commanded], 'Do not ever be of the polytheists."

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘Shall I take for myself a protector other than God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, who feeds but is not fed?’ Say, ‘I am commanded to be the first [of you] to devote myself [to Him].’ Do not be one of the idolaters.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Shall I take as a Walî (Helper, Protector, Lord or God) any other than Allâh, the Creator of the heavens and the earth? And it is He Who feeds but is not fed." Say: "Verily, I am commanded to be the first of those who submit themselves to Allâh (as Muslims)." And be not you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) of the Mushrikûn [polytheists, pagans, idolaters and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh]. (Tafsir Al-Qurtubi)

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

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
أَغَيْرَaghayraIs it other than
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
أَتَّخِذُattakhidhuI (should) take
وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyan(as) a protector
فَاطِرِfāṭiriCreator
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
وَهُوَwahuwawhile (it is) He
يُطْعِمُyuṭ'ʿimuWho feeds
وَلَاwalāand not
يُطْعَمُۗyuṭ'ʿamuHe is fed
قُلْqulSay
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed I
أُمِرْتُumir'tu[I] am commanded
أَنْanthat
أَكُونَakūnaI be
أَوَّلَawwala(the) first
مَنْmanwho
أَسْلَمَۖaslamasubmits (to Allah)
وَلَاwalāand not
تَكُونَنَّtakūnannabe
مِنَminaof
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists