Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Is then He who creates like one who creates not? Will you then not take heed!

اَفَمَنْ يَخْلُقُ كَمَنْ لَا يَخْلُقُۜ اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Afaman yakhluqu kaman la yakhluquafala tathakkaroon
#wordmeaningroot
1afamanThen is He Who
2yakhluqucreatesخلق
3kamanlike one who
4lā(does) not
5yakhluqucreateخلق
6afalāThen will you not
7tadhakkarūnarememberذكر
  • Aisha Bewley

    Is He who creates like him who does not create? So will you not pay heed?

  • Progressive Muslims

    Is the One who creates the same as one who does not create Will you not remember

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Is the One Who creates comparable to anyone that cannot create? Will you then not reflect?

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Is then He who creates like one who creates not? Will you then not take heed!

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Is He who creates the same he who does not create? Will you not remember?

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Is the One who creates the same as one who does not create? Will you not remember?

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Is One who creates like one who does not create? Would you now take heed?

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    So, could one who creates be like one who cannot? Will you not then contemplate?

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Then is He who creates like one who does not create? So will you not be reminded?

  • Muhammad Asad

    IS, THEN, HE who creates comparable to any that cannot create? Will you not, then, bethink yourselves?

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Is He then Who createth as him who createth not? Will ye not then remember?

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Is then the One Who creates like the one who does not create?* Will you not, then, take heed?

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Therefore, would He Who creates and brings things into existence out of nothingness be likened to him who simply can never create an entity of any kind! can you people not consider this matter and ponder My cause!

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Is then He Who creates equal to the one that creates nothing (like your boss, your loved ones, your wealth, Jesus, the saints that you have created, the idols that you have carved, etc. that you worship beside God?)

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Is then He, Who creates as one who creates not? Will you not then remember?

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Is then He Who creates like one that creates not? Will ye not receive admonition?

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Can the One Who creates be equal to those who do not? Will you not then be mindful?

  • Taqi Usmani

    Is then the One who creates (everything) equal to one who does not create? Would you still pay no heed?

  • Abdul Haleem

    Can He who creates be compared to one who cannot create? Why do you not take heed?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Is He who creates as he who does not create? Will you not remember?

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Is He who creates like him who creates not?- are they then unmindful?

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Is He who creates like him who creates not? Will you then not remember (be mindful, aware)?

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    So, is He Who creates as he who does not create? Will you then not be mindful?

  • George Sale

    Shall God therefore who createth, be as he who createth not? Do ye not therefore consider?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Is then He Who creates like (the false) one who does not create? Will you not take the warning (and guidance)?

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Can He then Who creates (out of nothing) be like those who can create nought? Will you not then take heed?

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Is He who creates like one who does not create? Will you not then take admonition?