The Quran

سورة النّحل

Surah Al-Nahl 16:17

The Bee · Verse 17 of 128

أَفَمَنْ يَخْلُقُ كَمَنْ لَا يَخْلُقُ ۗ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Can He then Who creates (out of nothing) be like those who can create nought? Will you not then take heed?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Is then He Who creates like one that creates not? Will ye not receive admonition?

Ahmed Ali

So, could one who creates be like one who cannot? Will you not then contemplate?

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Is He then Who creates to be likened to him who does not create? Will you not reflect and be mindful?

Daryabadi

Is there one who createth like unto one who createth not? Will ye not then be admonished?

Faridul Haque

So will He Who creates ever be like one who does not create? So do you not heed advice?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Is He then Who creates like him who creates not? Do you not then mind?

Maulvi Sher Ali

Is HE, then, WHO creates like one who creates not? Will you not then take heed?

Muhammad Asad

IS, THEN, HE who creates comparable to any [being] that cannot create? Will you not, then, bethink yourselves?

Muhammad Musin Khan

Is then He, Who creates as one who creates not? Will you not then remember?

Muhammad Pickthall

Is He then Who createth as him who createth not? Will ye not then remember?

Muhammad Sarwar

Is the One who can create equal to the one who cannot create anything? Why, then, will you not consider?.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Is He then Who creates like him who does not create? Do you not then mind?

Rashad Khalifa

Is One who creates like one who does not create? Would you now take heed?

Shabbir Ahmed

Is the One Who creates comparable to anyone that cannot create? Will you then not reflect?