Sura 16 Al-Nahl (The Bee), ayah 35
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وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا لَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِنْ دُونِهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ نَحْنُ وَلَا آبَاؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِنْ دُونِهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ فَهَلْ عَلَى الرُّسُلِ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبِينُ
Translation by words
- وَقَالَ
- And said
- ٱلَّذِينَ
- those who
- أَشْرَكُوا۟
- associate partners (with Allah),
- لَوْ
- "If
- شَآءَ
- Allah (had) willed
- ٱللَّهُ
- Allah (had) willed
- مَا
- not
- عَبَدْنَا
- we (would) have worshipped
- مِن
- other than Him
- دُونِهِۦ
- other than Him
- مِن
- any
- شَىْءٍ
- thing,
- نَّحْنُ
- we
- وَلَآ
- and not
- ءَابَآؤُنَا
- our forefathers
- وَلَا
- and not
- حَرَّمْنَا
- we (would) have forbidden
- مِن
- other than Him
- دُونِهِۦ
- other than Him
- مِن
- anything."
- شَىْءٍ
- anything."
- كَذَٰلِكَ
- Thus
- فَعَلَ
- did
- ٱلَّذِينَ
- those who
- مِن
- (were) before them.
- قَبْلِهِمْ
- (were) before them.
- فَهَلْ
- Then is (there)
- عَلَى
- on
- ٱلرُّسُلِ
- the messengers
- إِلَّا
- except
- ٱلْبَلَٰغُ
- the conveyance
- ٱلْمُبِينُ
- clear?
And those who associate others with Allah say, "If Allah had willed, we would not have worshipped anything other than Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything through other than Him." Thus did those do before them. So is there upon the messengers except (the duty of) clear notification?
16:35
Translation: Saheeh International