Quran 21:25 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 25
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We never sent any messenger before you [Muhammad] without revealing to him: ‘There is no god but Me, so serve Me.’
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِي إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدُونِ
wamā arsalnā min qablika min rasūlin illā nūḥī ilayhi annahu lā ilāha illā anā fa-uʿ'budūni
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We sent never a Messenger before thee except that We revealed to him, saying, 'There is no god but I; so serve Me.'
- Muhammad Asad
- and [this despite the fact that even] before thy time We never sent any apostle without having revealed to him that there is no deity save Me, - [and that,] therefore, you shall worship Me [alone]!
- Sahih International
- And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā | We sent | رسل |
| 3 | مِنmin | before you | — |
| 4 | قَبْلِكَqablika | before you | قبل |
| 5 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 6 | رَّسُولٍrasūlin | Messenger | رسل |
| 7 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 8 | نُوحِىٓnūḥī | We reveal(ed) | وحي |
| 9 | إِلَيْهِilayhi | to him | — |
| 10 | أَنَّهُۥannahu | that [He] | — |
| 11 | لَآlā | (There is) no | — |
| 12 | إِلَـٰهَilāha | god | أله |
| 13 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 14 | أَنَا۠anā | Me | — |
| 15 | فَٱعْبُدُونِfa-uʿ'budūni | so worship Me | عبد |