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فَلَا تَضْرِبُوْا لِلّٰهِ الْاَمْثَالَ ۗاِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ   ( النحل: ٧٤ )

falā
فَلَا
So (do) not
taḍribū
تَضْرِبُوا۟
put forth
lillahi
لِلَّهِ
for Allah
l-amthāla
ٱلْأَمْثَالَۚ
the similitude
inna
إِنَّ
Indeed
l-laha
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
yaʿlamu
يَعْلَمُ
knows
wa-antum
وَأَنتُمْ
and you
لَا
(do) not
taʿlamūna
تَعْلَمُونَ
know

Falaa tadriboo lillaahil amsaal; innal laaha ya'lamu wa antum laa ta'lamoon (an-Naḥl 16:74)

Sahih International:

So do not assert similarities to Allah. Indeed, Allah knows and you do not know. (An-Nahl [16] : 74)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

So, do not coin similarities for Allah. Surely, Allah knows and you do not know.