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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 17

سورة النحل، الآية ١٧

16:17 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 269 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:17

أَفَمَن يَخْلُقُ كَمَن لَّا يَخْلُقُ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝١٧

Transliteration

afaman yakhluqu kaman lā yakhluqu afalā tadhakkarūna

Translation

Then is He who creates like one who does not create? So will you not be reminded?

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Verse 17 of Surah An-Nahl (16:17), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 269 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 17

Al-Mukhtasar

Is the one who creates all these things like the one who does not create anything?! Do you not think about the greatness of Allah who created everything and worship Him alone without ascribing as partners to Him what has not created anything?

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Other translations of verse 17

Is then He Who creates equal to one who cannot create? Will you not then take heed?

Is then He, Who creates as one who creates not? Will you not then remember?

Is He then Who createth as him who createth not? Will ye not then remember?

Is then He Who creates like one that creates not? Will ye not receive admonition?

Is He then Who creates like him who does not create? Do you not then mind?

So, is He Who creates as he who does not create? Will you then not be mindful?

Verse 17 word by word

أَفَمَن afaman Then is He Who
يَخْلُقُ yakhluqu creates خ ل ق
كَمَن kaman like one who
لَّا lā (does) not
يَخْلُقُ yakhluqu create خ ل ق
أَفَلَا afalā Then will you not
تَذَكَّرُونَ tadhakkarūna remember ذ ك ر

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