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Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 60 (16:60)

ٱلنَّحْل

لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ مَثَلُ ٱلسَّوْءِ ۖ وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَثَلُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ۚ وَهُوَ …

Quran 16:60 is ayah 60 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 273 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:60
لِلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَبِٱلَْٔاخِرَةِمَثَلُٱلسَّوْءِ ۖوَلِلَّهِٱلْمَثَلُٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ۚوَهُوَٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ٦٠
lilladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati mathalu l-sawi walillahi l-mathalu l-aʿlā wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

For those who do not believe in the Hereafter is the description [i.e., an attribute] of evil; and for Allāh is the highest attribute. And He is Exalted in Might, the Wise.(60)

Word by word

  1. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaFor those who
  2. لَاlā(do) not
  3. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
  4. بِٱلَْٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
  5. مَثَلُmathalu(is) a similitude
  6. ٱلسَّوْءِ ۖl-sawi(of) the evil
  7. وَلِلَّهِwalillahiand for Allah
  8. ٱلْمَثَلُl-mathalu(is) the similitude
  9. ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ۚl-aʿlāthe Highest
  10. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  11. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(is) the All-Mighty
  12. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuAll-Wise

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