Sura 16 Al-Nahl (The Bee), ayah 75
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ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا عَبْدًا مَمْلُوكًا لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ وَمَنْ رَزَقْنَاهُ مِنَّا رِزْقًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ يُنْفِقُ مِنْهُ سِرًّا وَجَهْرًا ۖ هَلْ يَسْتَوُونَ ۚ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Translation by words
- ضَرَبَ
- Allah sets forth
- ٱللَّهُ
- Allah sets forth
- مَثَلًا
- the example
- عَبْدًا
- (of) a slave
- مَّمْلُوكًا
- (who is) owned,
- لَّا
- not
- يَقْدِرُ
- he has power
- عَلَىٰ
- on
- شَىْءٍ
- anything
- وَمَن
- and (one) whom
- رَّزَقْنَٰهُ
- We provided him
- مِنَّا
- from Us
- رِزْقًا
- a provision
- حَسَنًا
- good,
- فَهُوَ
- so he
- يُنفِقُ
- spends
- مِنْهُ
- from it,
- سِرًّا
- secretly
- وَجَهْرًا
- and publicly.
- هَلْ
- Can
- يَسْتَوُۥنَ
- they be equal?
- ٱلْحَمْدُ
- All praise
- لِلَّهِ
- (is) for Allah!
- بَلْ
- Nay,
- أَكْثَرُهُمْ
- but most of them
- لَا
- (do) not
- يَعْلَمُونَ
- know.
Allah presents an example: a slave (who is) owned and unable to do a thing and he to whom We have provided from Us good provision, so he spends from it secretly and publicly. Can they be equal? Praise to Allah! But most of them do not know.
16:75
Translation: Saheeh International