Quran 6:50 — Al-An'aam, verse 50
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘I do not have the treasures of God, nor do I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel. I only follow what is revealed to me.’ Say, ‘Is a blind person like one who can see? Why will you not reflect?’
قُلْ لَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِنْدِي خَزَائِنُ اللَّهِ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ وَلَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِنِّي مَلَكٌ ۖ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ ۚ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الْأَعْمَىٰ وَالْبَصِيرُ ۚ أَفَلَا تَتَفَكَّرُونَ
qul lā aqūlu lakum ʿindī khazāinu l-lahi walā aʿlamu l-ghayba walā aqūlu lakum innī malakun in attabiʿu illā mā yūḥā ilayya qul hal yastawī l-aʿmā wal-baṣīru afalā tatafakkarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'I do not say to you, "I possess the treasuries of God"; I know not the Unseen. And I say not to you, "I am an angel"; I only follow what is revealed to me. Say: 'Are the blind and the seeing man equal? Will you not reflect?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say [O Prophet]: "I do not say unto you, 'God's treasures are with me,'; nor [do I say], 'I know the things that are beyond the reach of human perception'; nor do I say unto you, 'Behold, I am an angel': I but follow what is revealed to me." Say: "Can the blind and the seeing be deemed equal? Will you not, then, take thought?"
- Sahih International
- Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not tell you that I have the depositories [containing the provision] of Allāh or that I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel. I only follow what is revealed to me." Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Then will you not give thought?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | لَّآlā | Not | — |
| 3 | أَقُولُaqūlu | (do) I say | قول |
| 4 | لَكُمْlakum | to you | — |
| 5 | عِندِىʿindī | (that) with me | عند |
| 6 | خَزَآئِنُkhazāinu | (are the) treasures | خزن |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 8 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 9 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | (that) I know | علم |
| 10 | ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghayba | the unseen | غيب |
| 11 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 12 | أَقُولُaqūlu | I say | قول |
| 13 | لَكُمْlakum | to you | — |
| 14 | إِنِّىinnī | that I (am) | — |
| 15 | مَلَكٌ ۖmalakun | an Angel | ملك |
| 16 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 17 | أَتَّبِعُattabiʿu | (do) I follow | تبع |
| 18 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 19 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 20 | يُوحَىٰٓyūḥā | is revealed | وحي |
| 21 | إِلَىَّ ۚilayya | to me | — |
| 22 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 23 | هَلْhal | Can | — |
| 24 | يَسْتَوِىyastawī | be equal | سوي |
| 25 | ٱلْأَعْمَىٰl-aʿmā | the blind | عمي |
| 26 | وَٱلْبَصِيرُ ۚwal-baṣīru | and the seeing one | بصر |
| 27 | أَفَلَاafalā | Then will not | — |
| 28 | تَتَفَكَّرُونَtatafakkarūna | you give thought | فكر |