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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

An-Nahl 16:74

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فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

So do not assert similarities to Allāh. Indeed, Allāh knows and you do not know.

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ولهذا قال تعالى ( فلا تضربوا لله الأمثال ) أي : لا تجعلوا له أندادا وأشباها وأمثالا ( إن الله يعلم وأنتم لا تعلمون ) أي : أنه يعلم ويشهد أنه لا إله إلا الله وأنتم بجهلكم تشركون به غيره .

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