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Meccan · Surah 16 of 114

An-Nahl 16:75

The Bee · ayah 75 of 128

۞ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا عَبْدًۭا مَّمْلُوكًۭا لَّا يَقْدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍۢ وَمَن رَّزَقْنَٰهُ مِنَّا رِزْقًا حَسَنًۭا فَهُوَ يُنفِقُ مِنْهُ سِرًّۭا وَجَهْرًا ۖ هَلْ يَسْتَوُۥنَ ۚ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Daraba Allahu mathalan AAabdanmamlookan la yaqdiru AAala shay-in waman razaqnahuminna rizqan hasanan fahuwa yunfiqu minhu sirranwajahran hal yastawoona alhamdu lillahi balaktharuhum la yaAAlamoon

"Allāh 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 Allāh! But most of them do not know."

Saheeh International translation

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Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"God presents this illustration: a slave controlled by his master, with no power over anything, and another man We have supplied with good provision, from which he gives alms privately and openly. Can they be considered equal? All praise belongs to God, but most of them do not recognize this."

Pickthall (classic)+

"Allah coineth a similitude: (on the one hand) a (mere) chattel slave, who hath control of nothing, and (on the other hand) one on whom we have bestowed a fair provision from Us, and he spendeth thereof secretly and openly. Are they equal? Praise be to Allah! But most of them know not."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"Allah sets forth the Parable (of two men: one) a slave under the dominion of another; He has no power of any sort; and (the other) a man on whom We have bestowed goodly favours from Ourselves, and he spends thereof (freely), privately and publicly: are the two equal? (By no means;) praise be to Allah. But most of them understand not."

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

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The Example of the Believer and the Disbeliever, or the Idol and the True God

Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said: "This is the example which Allah gives of the disbeliever and the believer." This was also the view of Qatadah and Ibn Jarir. The servant who has no power over anything is like the disbeliever, and the one who is given good provisions and spends of them secretly and openly is like the believer. Ibn Abi Najih reported that Mujahid said: "This is an example given of the idol and the True God - can they be the same" Once the difference between them is so clear and so obvious, no one can be unaware of it except the one who is foolish. Allah says:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ

(All the praises and thanks are to Allah. Nay! (But) most of them know not.)

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

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В этом и последующем аятах Всевышний привел две притчи о себе и тех, кому многобожники поклоняются вместо Него. В первой притче говорится о рабе, который не имеет никаких земных богатств и не может распоряжаться даже собственной судьбой, а также свободном и богатом человеке, которого Аллах почтил прекрасным уделом и всевозможными благами. Этот богач является великодушным человеком, любит делать добро и раздает пожертвования тайно и открыто. Разве можно сравнить этих двоих мужчин? Безусловно, они не равны. Их невозможно сравнить, несмотря на то, что они оба являются творениями. И если это так, то как осмеливаются многобожники сравнивать рабов, которые не обладают и не могут обладать властью и могуществом, которые испытывают всестороннюю нужду и зависимость, с Господом Богом, Который правит всеми творениями и властен над всем сущим?!! Затем Всевышний Аллах возвестил о том, что Ему надлежит самая совершенная и самая всеобъемлющая хвала. И словно отвечая на вопрос о том, почему многобожники равняют Его с творениями, Аллах сказал, что большинство из них не обладают знаниями. Но если бы они обладали настоящими знаниями, то не осмеливались бы исповедовать величайшее многобожие.
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Maʿārif al-Qur'ān

Mufti Shafi Usmani, English

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In the first of the two examples given in the last two verses, the description is that of a master and a slave, that is, the owner and the owned. By giving this example, it is being said: When these two, despite being from the same genus and the same kind, cannot be equal to each other, how then could you equate someone or something created by Allah with Him?

Tafsīr sourced from quran.com's open API. These are classical commentaries; for personal rulings consult a qualified scholar.

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