So, could one who creates be like one who cannot? Will you not then contemplate?
So will He Who creates ever be like one who does not create? So do you not heed advice?
Is He who creates as he who does not create? Will you not remember?
IS, THEN, HE who creates comparable to any [being] that cannot create? Will you not, then, bethink yourselves?
Is there one who createth like unto one who createth not? Will ye not then be admonished?
Is then He, Who creates as one who creates not? Will you not then remember?
Is He who creates like him who does not create? Will you not take a lesson?
Is then the One Who creates like the one who does not create? Will you not, then, take heed?
Is then He Who creates the same as one who creates, not Will you not then reflect
Is He then Who createth as him who createth not? Will ye not then remember?
Is He who creates like one who does not create? Will you not then take admonition?
Is He who creates as he who does not create? Will you not remember?
Then is He who creates like one who does not create? So will you not be reminded?
Is the One who can create equal to the one who cannot create anything? Why, then, will you not consider?
Is He then Who creates like him who does not create? Do you not then mind?
Afaman yakhluqu kaman l<u>a</u> yakhluqu afal<u>a</u> ta<u>th</u>akkaroon<b>a</b>
Is He, then, who creates like him who does not create? Will you not, then, take heed?
Is then He Who creates like one that creates not? Will ye not receive admonition?
أَفَمَن يَخْلُقُ كَمَن لَّا يَخْلُقُ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Is the one who creates all these things like the one who does not create anything?! Do you not think about the greatness of Allah who created everything and worship Him alone without ascribing as partners to Him what has not created anything?
Is the one who creates all these things like the one who does not create anything?! Do you not think about the greatness of Allah who created everything and worship Him alone without ascribing as partners to Him what has not created anything?
<p>Commentary</p><p>Verses appearing immediately earlier described the many blessings of Allah Ta` ala in details, proved that He alone is their Creator and established that He is unique in this matter. Now, in the present verses, there comes an admonition against the failure of people to recognize that there is a fact behind the statement describing all these blessings - and that is Tauhid, the Oneness of Allah Ta’ ala, except whom there is none worthy of worship. Therefore, it was said: When it stands proved that Allah alone made the heavens and the earth, made the mountains and rivers, vegetation and animals, trees and plants with their fruits and flowers, how can that most sacred Being that is the Creator of all these things become, for no reason, like idols and icons which cannot create anything? Why would you not understand something so elementary?</p>
CommentaryVerses appearing immediately earlier described the many blessings of Allah Ta` ala in details, proved that He alone is their Creator and established that He is unique in this matter. Now, in the present verses, there comes an admonition against the failure of people to recognize that there is a fact behind the statement describing all these blessings - and that is Tauhid, the Oneness of Allah Ta’ ala, except whom there is none worthy of worship. Therefore, it was said: When it stands proved that Allah alone made the heavens and the earth, made the mountains and rivers, vegetation and animals, trees and plants with their fruits and flowers, how can that most sacred Being that is the Creator of all these things become, for no reason, like idols and icons which cannot create anything? Why would you not understand something so elementary?