The Holy Quran 16:17 — Surah An-Nahl

Arabic text

أَفَمَن يَخْلُقُ كَمَن لَّا يَخْلُقُ ۗ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Translation

Is he who cannot create like Him Who can create? (It is obvious that the gods of the Kuffaar who cannot create anything can never be compared to Allaah Who has created everything. After understanding this,) Will you not take (proper) heed (and resolve to worship only Allaah)?

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Why, then, worship false deities?: that is, one ought to consider what folly it is that things which are unable to create the wing of a fly or the leg of a mosquito, or even a grain of barley or a speck of sand, should be made objects of worship and those whose help is sought, and be set up as equals to the Most Holy Allah, the Creator of the wondrous and…

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