قُلۡ
مَن
رَّبُّ
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ
قُلِ
ٱللَّهُۚ
قُلۡ
أَفَٱتَّخَذۡتُم
مِّن
دُونِهِۦٓ
أَوۡلِيَآءَ
لَا
يَمۡلِكُونَ
لِأَنفُسِهِمۡ
نَفۡعٗا
وَلَا
ضَرّٗاۚ
قُلۡ
هَلۡ
يَسۡتَوِي
ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
وَٱلۡبَصِيرُ
أَمۡ
هَلۡ
تَسۡتَوِي
ٱلظُّلُمَٰتُ
وَٱلنُّورُۗ
أَمۡ
جَعَلُواْ
لِلَّهِ
شُرَكَآءَ
خَلَقُواْ
كَخَلۡقِهِۦ
فَتَشَٰبَهَ
ٱلۡخَلۡقُ
عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ
قُلِ
ٱللَّهُ
خَٰلِقُ
كُلِّ
شَيۡءٖ
وَهُوَ
ٱلۡوَٰحِدُ
ٱلۡقَهَّٰرُ
١٦
Say (O Muhammad): Who is Lord of the heavens and the earth? Say: Allah. Say: Take ye then (others) beside Him for protectors, which, even for themselves, have neither benefit nor hurt? Say: Is the blind man equal to the seer, or is darkness equal to light? Or assign they unto Allah partners who created the like of His creation so that the creation (which they made and His creation) seemed alike to them? Say: Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Almighty.
— M. Pickthall
Say, "Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?" Say, "Allāh." Say, "Have you then taken besides Him allies not possessing [even] for themselves any benefit or any harm?" Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Or is darkness equivalent to light? Or have they attributed to Allāh partners who created like His creation so that the creation [of each] seemed similar to them?"1 Say, "Allāh is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Prevailing."2
— Saheeh International
Say: "Who is the Lord and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth?" Say: "(It is) Allah." Say: "Do ye then take (for worship) protectors other than Him, such as have no power either for good or for harm to themselves?" Say: "Are the blind equal with those who see? Or the depths of darkness equal with light?" Or do they assign to Allah partners who have created (anything) as He has created, so that the creation seemed to them similar? Say: "Allah is the Creator of all things: He is the One, the Supreme and Irresistible."
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Affirming Tawhid
Allah affirms here that there is no deity worthy of worship except Him, since they admit that He alone created the heavens and the earth and that He is their Lord and the Disposer of all affairs. Yet, they take as lords others besides Allah and worship them, even though these false g
…Affirming Tawhid
Allah affirms here that there is no deity worthy of worship except Him, since they admit that He alone created the heavens and the ear
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