21. [al-Anbiyaa, Mecca 73]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِي إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ...  

21: 25.  Not a Messenger did We send before thee without this inspiration sent by Us to him:

...لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدُونِ ﴿٢٥﴾

that there is no god but I;

therefore worship and serve Me.

Asad’s Version:

(21:25) and [this despite the fact that even] before thy time We never sent any apostle without having revealed to him that there is no deity save Me, [and that,] therefore, you shall worship Me [alone]!