# 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 17 - **Surah:** 16. Surah An-Nahl (The Bee) — سورة النحل - **Verse:** 17 / 128 · **Juz:** 14 · **Mushaf page:** 268 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-17 ## Arabic اَفَمَنْ يَخْلُقُ كَمَنْ لَا يَخْلُقُۜ اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ## Transcription Afaman yakhluqu kaman la yakhluquafala tathakkaroon ## Translations ### 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? ### 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 [being] 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?[1] Will you not, then, take heed? _Footnotes_ - [1] That is, if you, people of Makkah, acknowledge (and they acknowledged this just as other mushriks did) that Allah alone is the Creator of all of you and everything, and no one of the partners, you have set up with Him, has created anything in the universe. How is it, then, that you ascribe from among the creation, a status equal to or like that of the Creator in the system of universe created by Him? How can it be possible that the power and the rights of the creation should be equal to the power and the rights of the Creator in the universe created by Himself? How can it be believed that the Creator and the creation possess the same qualities and characteristics, or can have such relationship as of father and son? ### 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? ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Yaratan, yaratmayan gibi midir? Düşünüp değerlendiremiyor musunuz? ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Yaratan, hiç yaratmayan gibi midir? Artık öğüt alıp düşünmez misiniz? ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Yaratan, yaratmayana hiç benzer mi? Düşünüp anlamaz mısınız? ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Şu halde yaratan, yaratamayan gibi olur mu? Artık siz düşünmez misiniz? ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali İmdi yaratan yaratamıyana benzer mi? Artık siz bir tezekkür etmez misiniz? ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Şimdi hiç yaratan, yaratmayan gibi olur mu? Artık siz, düşünmeyecek misiniz? ### Gültekin Onan Yaratan, hiç yaratmayan gibi midir? Artık öğüt alıp düşünmez misiniz? ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Yaratan (Allah), yaratmayan kişi gibi midir? Artık iyice düşünmeyecek misiniz? ### İbni Kesir Yaratan; yaratmayan gibi midir hiç? Artık öğüt almaz mısınız? ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı O halde, (düşünün, bütün bunları) yaratan (Allah), hiçbir şey yaratamayan herhangi bir (varlıkla) kıyaslanabilir mi? Hala aklınızı başınıza toplamayacak mısınız? ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Yaratıcı, yaratamayan gibi midir? Hiç düşünmez misiniz? ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Yaratan, yaratmayan gibi midir? Hiç düşünmüyor musunuz? ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Yaratan, yaratmayana benzer mi? Hiç düşünmüyor musunuz? ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an İmdi bakın, hiç yaratan yaratamayan gibi (olur) mı? Hala gerçeğin farkına varmayacak mısınız? ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an O halde yaratan ile yaratmayan bir midir? Hala tezekkür[1] etmez misiniz? _Footnotes_ - [1] Öğüt almaz mısınız? ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Yaratan, yaratmayana benzer mi? Yine de düşünmüyor musunuz? ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Hiç yaratan, yaratmayan gibi olur mu? Bilgilerinizi kullanmaz mısınız? ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Yaratan, yaratamayan gibi olur mu (hiç)! (Hâlâ gerçekleri) hatırlamıyor musunuz? ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an O halde yaratan ile yaratmayan bir midir? Hala tezekkür[1] etmez misiniz? _Footnotes_ - [1] Öğüt almaz mısınız? ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an O halde yaratan ile yaratmayan bir midir? Hala tezekkür[1] etmez misiniz? _Footnotes_ - [1] Öğüt almaz mısınız? ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali (Bütün bunları) Yaratan, hiç yaratamayan gibi olur mu?[1] Bilginizi kullanmaz mısınız? _Footnotes_ - [1] [A'raf 7/191](https://quran.so/7/191)-[195,](https://quran.so/7/195) [Nahl 16/20,](https://quran.so/16/20) [Hac 22/73,](https://quran.so/22/73) [Furkan 25/3,](https://quran.so/25/3) [Lokman 31/10](https://quran.so/31/10)-[11,](https://quran.so/31/11) [Fatır 35/40,](https://quran.so/35/40) [Ahkaf 46/4.](https://quran.so/46/4) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | أَفَمَن — afaman | Then is He Who | — | | 2 | يَخْلُقُ — yakhluqu | creates | خلق — Kh-Lam-Kaf | | 3 | كَمَن — kaman | like one who | — | | 4 | لَّا — lā | (does) not | — | | 5 | يَخْلُقُ ۗ — yakhluqu | create | خلق — Kh-Lam-Kaf | | 6 | أَفَلَا — afalā | Then will you not | — | | 7 | تَذَكَّرُونَ — tadhakkarūna | remember | ذكر — Zal-Kef-Ra | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-16.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-18.md Retrieved: 2026-08-13 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.