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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 60

سورة النحل، الآية ٦٠

16:60 Juz 14 Hizb 28 Page 273 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:60

لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مَثَلُ ٱلسَّوْءِ وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَثَلُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ۝٦٠

Transliteration

lilladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati mathalu l-sawi walillahi l-mathalu l-aʿlā wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

Translation

For those who do not believe in the Hereafter is the description [i.e., an attribute] of evil;705 and for Allāh is the highest attribute. And He is Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Notes

[705] Such as that described in the previous two verses.

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Verse 60 of Surah An-Nahl (16:60), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 273 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 60

Al-Mukhtasar

It is those who do not believe in the Hereafter who have a lower description; such as ignorance, disbelief, as well as the need to have offspring. Allah has the praiseworthy attributes of majesty, perfection, independence and knowledge. He, may He be glorified, is Mighty in His kingdom and nothing can overcome Him. He is Wise in His creation, planning and legislation.

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Other translations of verse 60

Those who do not believe in the Hereafter have evil attributes34, and Allah has the highest attributes35, for He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

Notes

[34] As described in the previous two verses such as the need for children, ignorance, and disbelief.
[35] Attributes of grandeur, perfection, and knowledge, and is free from all imperfections and need.

For those who believe not in the Hereafter is an evil description, and for Allâh is the highest description. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

For those who believe not in the Hereafter is an evil similitude, and Allah's is the Sublime Similitude. He is the Mighty, the Wise.

To those who believe not in the Hereafter, applies the similitude of evil: to Allah applies the highest similitude: for He is the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.

For those who do not believe in the hereafter is an evil attribute, and Allah's is the loftiest attribute; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

For the ones who do not believe in the Hereafter is the woeful likeness; and to Allah is the Most Exalted likeness; and He is The Ever-Mighty, The Ever-Wise.

Verse 60 word by word

  1. لِلَّذِينَ lilladhīna For those who
  2. لَا lā (do) not
  3. يُؤْمِنُونَ yu'minūna believe أ م ن
  4. بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ bil-ākhirati in the Hereafter أ خ ر
  5. مَثَلُ mathalu (is) a similitude م ث ل
  6. ٱلسَّوْءِ l-sawi (of) the evil س و أ
  7. وَلِلَّهِ walillahi and for Allah
  8. ٱلْمَثَلُ l-mathalu (is) the similitude م ث ل
  9. ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ l-aʿlā the Highest ع ل و
  10. وَهُوَ wahuwa And He
  11. ٱلْعَزِيزُ l-ʿazīzu (is) the All-Mighty ع ز ز
  12. ٱلْحَكِيمُ l-ḥakīmu All-Wise ح ك م

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