The Bee
16. An-Naḥl
النحل
al-Naḥl (The Bee)
ٱلنَّحْل
16:75
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
God tells a parable about a helpless servant and one to whom He has given honorable provisions and who has spent for the cause of God privately and in public. Can these two people be considered equal? It is only God who deserves all praise, but most people do not know.