The Bee
16. An-Naḥl
النحل
Page #275
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وَضَرَبَ
اللَّهُ
مَثَلًا
رَّجُلَيْنِ
أَحَدُهُمَا
أَبْكَمُ
لَا
يَقْدِرُ
عَلَى
شَيْءٍ
وَهُوَ
كَلٌّ
عَلَى
مَوْلَاهُ
أَيْنَمَا
يُوَجِّههُّ
لَا
يَأْتِ
بِخَيْرٍ
هَلْ
يَسْتَوِي
هُوَ
وَمَن
يَأْمُرُ
بِالْعَدْلِ
وَهُوَ
عَلَى
صِرَاطٍ
مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
wa-ḍaraba llāhu mathalan rajulayni ʾaḥaduhumā ʾabkamu lā yaqdiru ʿalā shayʾin wa-huwa kallun ʿalā mawlāhu ʾaynamā yuwajjihhu lā yaʾti bi-khayrin hal yastawī huwa wa-man yaʾmuru bi-l-ʿadli wa-huwa ʿalā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin
Allah sets forth (another) Parable of two men: one of them dumb, with no power of any sort; a wearisome burden is he to his master; whichever way be directs him, he brings no good: is such a man equal with one who commands Justice, and is on a Straight Way?
— Abdullah Yusufali
Allah draws [another] parable: Two men, one of whom is dumb, having no power over anything and who is a liability to his master: wherever he directs him he does not bring any good. Is he equal to someone who enjoins justice and is [steady] on a straight path?
