Surah An-Nahl — Verse 74

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فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Fala tadriboo lillahial-amthala inna Allaha yaAAlamu waantum lataAAlamoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

So do not assert similarities to Allāh. Indeed, Allāh knows and you do not know.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

So do not make up images about God: God knows and you do not.

Marmaduke Pickthall

So coin not similitudes for Allah. Lo! Allah knoweth; ye know not.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Invent not similitudes for Allah: for Allah knoweth, and ye know not.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

So, do not coin similarities for Allah. Surely, Allah knows and you do not know.

Al-Hilali & Khan

So put not forward similitudes for Allâh (as there is nothing similar to Him, nor He resembles anything). Truly! Allâh knows and you know not.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

So do not strike any similitudes to Allah. Allah knows whereas you do not know.