فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- So do not assert similarities to Allāh. Indeed, Allāh knows and you do not know.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- ஆகவே நீங்கள் அல்லாஹ்வுக்கு உதாரணங்களை கூறாதீர்கள்; நிச்சயமாக அல்லாஹ்தான் (யாவற்றையும் நன்கு) அறிபவன்; ஆனால் நீங்கள் அறிய மாட்டீர்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- එහෙයින් නුඹලා අල්ලාහ්ට උපමාවන් ගෙන හැර නො දක්වනු. නියත වශයෙන් ම අල්ලාහ් දනී. එහෙත් නුඹලා නො දන්නෙහු ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- پس اللہ تعالیٰ کے لیے مثالیں مت بناؤ اللہ تعالیٰ خوب جانتا ہے اور تم نہیں جانتے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- それで，アッラーに対し同類を捏造してはならない。本当にアッラーは知っておられる。だがあなたがたは知らないのである。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 你们不要为真主打比喻。真主知道，而你们不知道。
Tafsir of 16:74
Denouncing the Worship of anything besides Allah Allah tells us about the Mushrikin who worship others besides Him, even though He alone is the bountiful Provider, the Creator and Sustainer, without partners or associates, but they still worship idols and make rivals for Him. He says: مَا لاَ يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقًا مِّنَ السَّمَوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ شَيْئًا (such as do not have power to grant them any provision from the heavens or the earth) meaning, nobody can cause rain to fall, or make plants and trees grow. They cannot do these things for them- selves, even if they wanted to. Thus Allah says: فَلاَ تَضْرِبُواْ لِلَّهِ الاٌّمْثَالَ (So do not give examples on behalf of Allah.) meaning, do not set up rivals to Him or describe anything as being like Him. إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ (Truly, Allah knows and you know not.) meaning, He knows and bears witness that there is no god but Him, but you are ignorant and associate others in worship with Him.
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
