Quran 16:2 — An-Nahl, verse 2
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He sends down angels with inspiration at His command, to whichever of His servants He chooses, to give [His] warning: ‘There is no god but Me, so beware of Me.’
يُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ بِالرُّوحِ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ عَلَىٰ مَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ أَنْ أَنْذِرُوا أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاتَّقُونِ
yunazzilu l-malāikata bil-rūḥi min amrihi ʿalā man yashāu min ʿibādihi an andhirū annahu lā ilāha illā anā fa-ittaqūni
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He sends down the angels with the Spirit of His command upon whomsoever He will among His servants, saying: Give you warning that there is no God hut I; so fear you Me!
- Muhammad Asad
- He causes the angels to descend with this divine inspiration, [bestowed] at His behest upon whomever He wills of His servants: "Warn [all human beings] that there is no deity save Me: be, therefore, conscious of Me!"
- Sahih International
- He sends down the angels, with the inspiration [i.e., revelation] of His command, upon whom He wills of His servants, [telling them], "Warn that there is no deity except Me; so fear Me."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يُنَزِّلُyunazzilu | He sends down | نزل |
| 2 | ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikata | the Angels | ملك |
| 3 | بِٱلرُّوحِbil-rūḥi | with the inspiration | روح |
| 4 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 5 | أَمْرِهِۦamrihi | His Command | أمر |
| 6 | عَلَىٰʿalā | upon | — |
| 7 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 8 | يَشَآءُyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 9 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 10 | عِبَادِهِۦٓʿibādihi | His slaves | عبد |
| 11 | أَنْan | that | — |
| 12 | أَنذِرُوٓا۟andhirū | Warn | نذر |
| 13 | أَنَّهُۥannahu | that [He] | — |
| 14 | لَآlā | (there is) no | — |
| 15 | إِلَـٰهَilāha | god | أله |
| 16 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 17 | أَنَا۠anā | Me | — |
| 18 | فَٱتَّقُونِfa-ittaqūni | so fear Me | وقي |