Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 14 (6:14)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

قُلْ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَتَّخِذُ وَلِيًّا فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ يُطْعِمُ وَلَا يُطْعَمُ ۗ …

Quran 6:14 is ayah 14 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 129 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:14
قُلْأَغَيْرَٱللَّهِأَتَّخِذُوَلِيًّافَاطِرِٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَهُوَيُطْعِمُوَلَايُطْعَمُ ۗقُلْإِنِّىٓأُمِرْتُأَنْأَكُونَأَوَّلَمَنْأَسْلَمَ ۖوَلَاتَكُونَنَّمِنَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ١٤
qul aghayra l-lahi attakhidhu waliyyan fāṭiri l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wahuwa yuṭ'ʿimu walā yuṭ'ʿamu qul innī umir'tu an akūna awwala man aslama walā takūnanna mina l-mush'rikīna

Say, "Is it other than Allāh I should take as a protector, Creator of the heavens and earth, while it is He who feeds and is not fed?" Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, I have been commanded to be the first [among you] who submit [to Allāh] and [was commanded], 'Do not ever be of the polytheists."(14)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. أَغَيْرَaghayraIs it other than
  3. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  4. أَتَّخِذُattakhidhuI (should) take
  5. وَلِيًّاwaliyyan(as) a protector
  6. فَاطِرِfāṭiriCreator
  7. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
  8. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
  9. وَهُوَwahuwawhile (it is) He
  10. يُطْعِمُyuṭ'ʿimuWho feeds
  11. وَلَاwalāand not
  12. يُطْعَمُ ۗyuṭ'ʿamuHe is fed
  13. قُلْqulSay
  14. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed I
  15. أُمِرْتُumir'tu[I] am commanded
  16. أَنْanthat
  17. أَكُونَakūnaI be
  18. أَوَّلَawwala(the) first
  19. مَنْmanwho
  20. أَسْلَمَ ۖaslamasubmits (to Allah)
  21. وَلَاwalāand not
  22. تَكُونَنَّtakūnannabe
  23. مِنَminaof
  24. ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists

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