Surah Al-Anbya — Verse 25

The Prophets · 21:25 · 25/112

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

Wama arsalna min qablika minrasoolin illa noohee ilayhi annahu la ilahailla ana faAAbudoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

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

Marmaduke Pickthall

And We sent no messenger before thee but We inspired him, (saying): There is no Allah save Me (Allah), so worship Me.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Not a messenger did We send before thee without this inspiration sent by Us to him: that there is no god but I; therefore worship and serve Me.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

We did not send before you any messenger but We revealed to him that there is no god but I, so worship Me.”

Al-Hilali & Khan

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)."

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Never did We send any Messenger before you to whom We did not reveal: "There is no god but Me. So serve Me alone."

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

and [this despite the fact that even] before thy time We never sent any apostle without having revealed to him that there is no deity save Me, - [and that,] therefore, you shall worship Me [alone]!