فَلَا
تَضۡرِبُواْ
لِلَّهِ
ٱلۡأَمۡثَالَۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
يَعۡلَمُ
وَأَنتُمۡ
لَا
تَعۡلَمُونَ
٧٤
So coin not similitudes for Allah. Lo! Allah knoweth; ye know not.
— M. Pickthall
So do not assert similarities to Allāh.1 Indeed, Allāh knows and you do not know.
— Saheeh International
Invent not similitudes for Allah: for Allah knoweth, and ye know not.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Denouncing the Worship of anything besides Allah
Allah tells us about the Mushrikin who worship others besides Him, even though He alone is the bountiful Provider, the Creator and Sustainer, without partners or associates, but they still worship idols and make rivals for Him. He says:
مَا لاَ يَمْلِك
…Denouncing the Worship of anything besides Allah
Allah tells us about the Mushrikin who worship others besides Him, even though He alone is the bountif
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