The Cattle
6. Al-'Anʿām
الأنعام
al-An‘ām (Cattle)
ٱلْأَنْعَام
6:14
قُلْ
أَغَيْرَ
اللَّهِ
أَتَّخِذُ
وَلِيًّا
فَاطِرِ
السَّمَاوَاتِ
وَالْأَرْضِ
وَهُوَ
يُطْعِمُ
وَلَا
يُطْعَمُ
قُلْ
إِنِّي
أُمِرْتُ
أَنْ
أَكُونَ
أَوَّلَ
مَنْ
أَسْلَمَ
وَلَا
تَكُونَنَّ
مِنَ
الْمُشْرِكِينَ
qul ʾa-ghayra llāhi ʾattakhidhu waliyyan fāṭiri s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-huwa yuṭʿimu wa-lā yuṭʿamu qul ʾinnī ʾumirtu ʾan ʾakūna ʾawwala man ʾaslama wa-lā takūnanna mina l-mushrikīna
(Muhammad), ask them, "Should I take a guardian other than God, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, who feeds everyone and who needs no food Himself?" Say, "I have been commanded to be the first Muslim (submitted to the will of God). Thus, people, do not be pagans."
