al-Anbiya` 21:25

AYAH al-Anbiya` 21:25	21:26 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 21:24
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Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِي إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدُون
Transliteration		Wama arsalna min qablika min rasoolin illa noohee ilayhi annahu la ilaha illa ana faoAAbudooni
Transliteration-2		wamā arsalnā min qablika min rasūlin illā nūḥī ilayhi annahu lā ilāha illā anā fa-uʿ'budūn
Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more		And not We sent from before you any Messenger but We reveal(ed) to him that [He], "(There is) no god except Me so worship Me."

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad		and [this despite the fact that even] before thy time We never sent any apostle without having revealed to him that there is no deity save Me, - [and that,] therefore, you shall worship Me [alone]
M. M. Pickthall		And We sent no messenger before thee but We inspired him, (saying): There is no Allah save Me (Allah), so worship Me
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)		Not a messenger did We send before thee without this inspiration sent by Us to him: that there is no god but I; therefore worship and serve Me
Shakir		And We did not send before you any messenger but We revealed to him that there is no god but Me, therefore serve Me
Wahiduddin Khan		We sent all messengers before you with this revelation: There is no deity save Me, so worship Me alone
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		And We sent not before thee any Messenger, but We reveal to him that there is no god but I, so worship Me.
T.B.Irving		We did not send any messenger before you unless We inspired him with the fact there is no deity except Me, so serve Me!
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		We never sent a messenger before you ˹O Prophet˺ without revealing to him: “There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Me, so worship Me ˹alone˺.”
Safi Kaskas		We never sent any messenger before you [Prophet] without revealing to him that "There is no god except Me, so worship Me."
Abdul Hye		And We did not send any Messenger before you (O Muhammad) but We revealed to him (every one saying) that: “There is no one worthy of worship but I, so worship Me (alone).”
The Study Quran		And We sent no messenger before thee, save that We revealed unto him, “Verily, there is no god but I; so worship Me!
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		And We did not send any messenger before you except that We inspired him that: "There is no god but Me, so serve Me."
Abdel Haleem		We never sent any messenger before you [Muhammad] without revealing to him: ‘There is no god but Me, so serve Me.&rsquo
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		And We sent not before thee an apostle but We revealed unto him that there is no god but I, so worship Me
Ahmed Ali		We have not sent an apostle before you without instructing him that there is no god but I, so worship Me
Aisha Bewley		We sent no Messenger before you without revealing to him: ´There is no god but Me, so worship Me.´
Ali Ünal		We never sent any Messenger before you except that We revealed to him that there is no deity but Me, so worship Me alone
Ali Quli Qara'i		We did not send any apostle before you but We revealed to him that ‘There is no god except Me; so worship Me.&rsquo
Hamid S. Aziz		We have not sent any messenger before you, but We inspired him that, "There is no god but Me, so serve you Me."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		And in no way did We send (any) Messenger even before you except that We revealed to him, (saying), "There is no god except I; so worship Me."
Muhammad Sarwar		To all the Messengers that were sent before you We revealed that I am the only God to be worshipped
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		We did not send before you any messenger but We revealed to him that there is no god but I, so worship Me
Shabbir Ahmed		We sent no Messenger before you without having revealed to him, "There is no god but Me, therefore you shall worship Me alone."
Syed Vickar Ahamed		And not (even) one messenger did We send before you without this revelation sent by Us to him that; "There is no god but I (Allah): So worship Me."
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		And We sent not before you any messenger except that We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."
Farook Malik		The fact is that to every Messenger whom We sent before you, We revealed the same Message: "There is no god but Me, so worship Me Alone."
Dr. Munir Munshey		Never was there a messenger before you to whom We did not reveal, "There is no god except Me, so worship Me (exclusively)."
Dr. Kamal Omar		And We did not send before you any Messenger but We inspire to him that it (is a fact that) La-ilaha-illa-Ana, so pay obedience to Me (Alone)
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		We never sent a messenger before you without inspiring him that: 'There is no god but I, so worship Me.'
Maududi		Never did We send any Messenger before you to whom We did not reveal: "There is no god but Me. So serve Me alone."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		We did not send any messenger before you unless We revealed to him that there is no god except Me, so serve Me
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		No messenger did We send before you without this inspiration sent by Us to him, “There is no god but Me, therefore worship and serve Me.
Musharraf Hussain		Every messenger before you was inspired to say: “There is no god but Me, so worship Me.”
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		AndWe did not send any messenger before you except that We inspired him that: "There is no god except Me, so serve Me."
Mohammad Shafi		And We did not send before you any Messenger but We revealed to him that there is no god but I, and so worship Me

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		All the Messengers that I sent before you, had received the following Revelation: “There is no other god except Me; therefore, obey (worship) Me (and none but Me.)&rdquo
Faridul Haque		And We did not send any Noble Messenger before you, but We divinely revealed to him that, "There is no God except I (Allah), therefore worship Me alone."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		We never sent a Messenger before you except that We revealed to him saying: 'There is no god except Me, therefore, worship Me.
Maulana Muhammad Ali		And We sent no messenger before thee but We revealed to him that there is no God but Me, so serve Me
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		And We did not send from before you from a messenger, except (that) We inspire/transmit to him: "That He is no God except Me, so worship Me."
Sher Ali		And WE sent no Messenger before thee but WE revealed to him: `There is no god but I; so worship ME alone.
Rashad Khalifa		We did not send any messenger before you except with the inspiration: "There is no god except Me; you shall worship Me alone."
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		And We sent not any Messenger before you but We revealed to him that there is no god but I; Therefore worship Me alone.
Amatul Rahman Omar		And We sent no Messenger before you but We revealed to him, (saying), `The truth is that there is no other, cannot be and will never be One worthy of worship but I, therefore worship Me (alone).
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri		And We did not send any Messenger before you, but We frequented the same revelation to him: ‘There is no God but I, so worship Me (alone).
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		And We did not send any Messenger before you (O Muhammad SAW) but We inspired him (saying): La ilaha illa Ana (none has the right to be worshipped but I (Allah)), so worship Me (Alone and none else)."

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry		And We sent never a Messenger before thee except that We revealed to him, saying, 'There is no god but I; so serve Me.
Edward Henry Palmer		We have not sent any prophet before thee, but we inspired him that, 'There is no god but Me, so serve ye Me.
George Sale		We have sent no apostle before thee, but We revealed unto him that there is no god besides myself: Wherefore serve Me
John Medows Rodwell		No apostle have we sent before thee to whom we did not reveal that "Verily there is no God beside me: therefore worship me."
N J Dawood (2014)		No apostles have We sent before you without inspiring him: ‘There is no god but Me. Therefore serve Me.&lsquo

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto		We did not send a messenger before you [Muhammed] without Our revelation to him: “No god is there except Me, so worship Me.”
Sayyid Qutb		Before your time We never sent a messenger without having revealed to him that there is no deity other than Me. Therefore, you shall worship Me alone.
Ahmed Hulusi		And We have not disclosed any Rasul before you to whom We have not revealed, “There is no deity-god, only Me! So, become aware of your servitude to Me.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli		And We sent no Messenger before you but We revealed unto him that �Verily there is no god but I; so worship Me (alone)�
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim		Nor did We send a Messenger before you O Muhammad but We inspired him with the truth clearly indicating that there is no Ilah but I the Creator, therefore worship Me and adore Me with appropriate acts and rites and regard Me with extreme devotion
Mir Aneesuddin		Or have they taken gods besides Allah? Say, "Bring your proof; this is a reminder for those with me and a reminder for those before me." But the majority of them does not know the truth, therefore they turn away.

AYAH al-Anbiya` 21:25

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