The Bee
16. An-Naḥl
النحل
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ضَرَبَ
اللَّهُ
مَثَلًا
عَبْدًا
مَّمْلُوكًا
لَّا
يَقْدِرُ
عَلَى
شَيْءٍ
وَمَن
رَّزَقْنَاهُ
مِنَّا
رِزْقًا
حَسَنًا
فَهُوَ
يُنفِقُ
مِنْهُ
سِرًّا
وَجَهْرًا
هَلْ
يَسْتَوُونَ
الْحَمْدُ
لِلَّهِ
بَلْ
أَكْثَرُهُمْ
لَا
يَعْلَمُونَ
ḍaraba llāhu mathalan ʿabdan mamlūkan lā yaqdiru ʿalā shayʾin wa-man razaqnāhu minnā rizqan ḥasanan fa-huwa yunfiqu minhu sirran wa-jahran hal yastawūna l-ḥamdu li-llāhi bal ʾaktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna
Allah draws a parable: a slave owned [by his master] who has no power over anything, and another one [a free man] whom We have provided a goodly provision and who spends out of it secretly and openly. Are they equal? All praise belongs to Allah. But most of them do not know.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Allah sets forth the Parable (of two men: one) a slave under the dominion of another; He has no power of any sort; and (the other) a man on whom We have bestowed goodly favours from Ourselves, and he spends thereof (freely), privately and publicly: are the two equal? (By no means;) praise be to Allah. But most of them understand not.
