Sourate An-Nahl · سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ · Juz 14
Q 16:74
فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Traductions
N'attribuez donc pas à Allah des semblables. Car Allah sait, tandis que vous ne savez pas.So do not assert similarities to Allah. Indeed, Allah knows and you do not know.Tafsir
Ô gens, ne donnez pas à Allah des égaux parmi ces idoles qui n’ont ni le pouvoir d’être utiles, ni le pouvoir d’être nuisibles. En effet, Allah n’a pas d’égaux méritant de Lui être associés dans l’adoration. Il connaît le mieux les attributs de la majesté et de la perfection que sont les Siens, tandis que vous n’en connaissez rien, ce qui vous amène à lui associer des idoles et à prétendre que celles-ci Lui sont égales.
Lire Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abrégé, en anglais))
And they worship others besides Allah such as do not have power to grant them any provision from the heavens or the earth nor the ability to do so (73)So do not give examples on behalf of Allah. Truly, Allah knows and you know not (74)
Denouncing the Worship of anything besides Allah
Allah tells us about the Mushrikin who worship others besides Him, even though He alone is the bountiful Provider, the Creator and Sustainer, without partners or associates, but they still worship idols and make rivals for Him. He says:
مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقًا مِّنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ شَيْئًا
(such as do not have power to grant them any provision from the heavens or the earth) meaning, nobody can cause rain to fall, or make plants and trees grow. They cannot do these things for themselves, even if they wanted to. Thus Allah says:
فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا لِلَّهِ الْأَمْثَالَ
(So do not give examples on behalf of Allah.) meaning, do not set up rivals to Him or describe anything as being like Him.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
(Truly, Allah knows and you know not.) meaning, He knows and bears witness that there is no god but Him, but you are ignorant and associate others in worship with Him.
Texte arabe : Tanzil (uthmani). Traductions : Muhammad Hamidullah (fr), Sahih International (en). tanzil.net