Quran 16:60 — An-Nahl, verse 60
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who do not believe in the Hereafter should have the contemptible image, and God should have the highest one: He is the Mighty, the Wise.
لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ ۖ وَلِلَّهِ الْمَثَلُ الْأَعْلَىٰ ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
lilladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati mathalu l-sawi walillahi l-mathalu l-aʿlā wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those who believe not in the world to come, theirs is the evil likeness; God's is the loftiest likeness; He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.
- Muhammad Asad
- [Thus it is that] the attribute of evil applies to all who do not believe in the life to come -whereas unto God applies the attribute of all that is most sublime: for He alone is almighty, truly wise!
- Sahih International
- For those who do not believe in the Hereafter is the description [i.e., an attribute] of evil; and for Allāh is the highest attribute. And He is Exalted in Might, the Wise.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna | For those who | — |
| 2 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 3 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | believe | أمن |
| 4 | بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhirati | in the Hereafter | أخر |
| 5 | مَثَلُmathalu | (is) a similitude | مثل |
| 6 | ٱلسَّوْءِ ۖl-sawi | (of) the evil | سوأ |
| 7 | وَلِلَّهِwalillahi | and for Allah | أله |
| 8 | ٱلْمَثَلُl-mathalu | (is) the similitude | مثل |
| 9 | ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ۚl-aʿlā | the Highest | علو |
| 10 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 11 | ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu | (is) the All-Mighty | عزز |
| 12 | ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmu | All-Wise | حكم |