سُوْرَةُ الرَّعْدِ
Surah Ar-Ra'd (13) — Ayah 16
قُلْ مَن رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قُلْ أَفَٱتَّخَذْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا ۚ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ أَمْ هَلْ تَسْتَوِى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُ وَٱلنُّورُ ۗ أَمْ جَعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ خَلَقُوا۟ كَخَلْقِهِۦ فَتَشَـٰبَهَ ٱلْخَلْقُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ خَـٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّـٰرُ ﴿16﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم): "Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?" Say: "(It is) Allâh." Say: "Have you then taken (for worship) Auliyâ’ (protectors) other than Him, such as have no power either for benefit or for harm to themselves?" Say: "Is the blind equal to the one who sees? Or darkness equal to light? Or do they assign to Allâh partners who created the like of His creation, so that the creation (which they made and His creation) seemed alike to them?" Say: "Allâh is the Creator of all things; and He is the One, the Irresistible."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلْ
qul
Say
مَن
man
Who
رَّبُّ
rabbu
(is) the Lord
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
قُلِ
quli
Say
ٱللَّهُ ۚ
l-lahu
Allah
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَفَٱتَّخَذْتُم
afa-ittakhadhtum
Have you then taken
مِّن
min
from
دُونِهِۦٓ
dūnihi
besides Him
أَوْلِيَآءَ
awliyāa
protectors
لَا
lā
not
يَمْلِكُونَ
yamlikūna
they have power
لِأَنفُسِهِمْ
li-anfusihim
for themselves
نَفْعًۭا
nafʿan
(to) benefit
وَلَا
walā
and not
ضَرًّۭا ۚ
ḍarran
(to) harm
قُلْ
qul
Say
هَلْ
hal
Is
يَسْتَوِى
yastawī
equal
ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
l-aʿmā
the blind
وَٱلْبَصِيرُ
wal-baṣīru
and the seeing
أَمْ
am
Or
هَلْ
hal
is
تَسْتَوِى
tastawī
equal
ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُ
l-ẓulumātu
the darkness[es]
وَٱلنُّورُ ۗ
wal-nūru
and the light
أَمْ
am
Or
جَعَلُوا۟
jaʿalū
they attribute
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
to Allah
شُرَكَآءَ
shurakāa
partners
خَلَقُوا۟
khalaqū
who created
كَخَلْقِهِۦ
kakhalqihi
like His creation
فَتَشَـٰبَهَ
fatashābaha
so that seemed alike
ٱلْخَلْقُ
l-khalqu
the creation
عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ
ʿalayhim
to them
قُلِ
quli
Say
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
خَـٰلِقُ
khāliqu
(is) the Creator
كُلِّ
kulli
of all
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
things
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and He
ٱلْوَٰحِدُ
l-wāḥidu
(is) the One
ٱلْقَهَّـٰرُ
l-qahāru
the Irresistible
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah16) ➊ {قُلْ مَنْ رَّبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ …:} That is, if it were such that in the world some things were created by Allah and some by others, or that the Lord who nurtures and provides sustenance for some was Allah Almighty and for others it was someone else, or that the owner of benefit and harm for some was Allah Almighty and for others it was someone else, then there could have been some basis for the polytheists’ association of partners, that these too, by virtue of being creators, are deserving of worship. But when they themselves admit that the Creator of everything in the heavens and the earth is Allah and only Allah, then there is no reason to associate anyone else with Him.
➋ { قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الْاَعْمٰى وَ الْبَصِيْرُ …:} This is the example of the polytheist and the monotheist, because the monotheist has eyes that see and a heart that thinks, whereas the polytheist is devoid of both sight and insight, utterly blind. The monotheist is illuminated by the light of monotheism, while the polytheist is not in one, but in thousands of darknesses. Light is mentioned in the singular and darknesses in the plural, because guidance and the straight path are one, while the paths of misguidance are countless.
➌ {وَ هُوَ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ :} He alone is the One, dominant over all, no one can oppose Him.
➋ { قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الْاَعْمٰى وَ الْبَصِيْرُ …:} This is the example of the polytheist and the monotheist, because the monotheist has eyes that see and a heart that thinks, whereas the polytheist is devoid of both sight and insight, utterly blind. The monotheist is illuminated by the light of monotheism, while the polytheist is not in one, but in thousands of darknesses. Light is mentioned in the singular and darknesses in the plural, because guidance and the straight path are one, while the paths of misguidance are countless.
➌ {وَ هُوَ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ :} He alone is the One, dominant over all, no one can oppose Him.
