16. Sura al-Nahl

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

فَلاَ تَضْرِبُواْ لِلّهِ الأَمْثَالَ...   

16: 74.  Invent not similitudes for Allah:

C2106. Cf. 16:60 above, and n. 2086.

One instance of false similitudes is where Pagans say their gods are mere types of symbols, or where men pray to men as Intercessors.

... إِنَّ اللّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٧٤﴾

for Allah knoweth, and ye know not.

Pickthall’s Version:

16: 74

Pickthall So coin not similitudes for Allah. Lo! Allah knoweth; ye know not.

Transliteration Fala_ tadribu_ lilla_hil amsa_l(a), innalla_ha ya'lamu wa antum la_ ta'lamu_n(a).