Say, "Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?" Say, "Allāh." Say, "Have you then taken besides Him allies not possessing [even] for themselves any benefit or any harm?" Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Or is darkness equivalent to light? Or have they attributed to Allāh partners who created like His creation so that the creation [of each] seemed similar to them?"1 Say, "Allāh is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Prevailing."2
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 The obvious conclusion is that the claimed partners, having no ability to create, cannot be compared to Allāh in any way.
أَفَٱتَّخَذۡتُمHave you then takenafa-ittakhadhtum
مِّنfrommin
دُونِهِۦٓbesides Himdūnihi
أَوۡلِيَآءَprotectorsawliyāa
لَاnotlā
يَمۡلِكُونَthey have poweryamlikūna
لِأَنفُسِهِمۡfor themselvesli-anfusihim
نَفۡعٗا(to) benefitnafʿan
وَلَاand notwalā
ضَرّٗاۚ(to) harmḍarran
قُلۡSayqul
هَلۡIshal
يَسۡتَوِيequalyastawī
ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰthe blindl-aʿmā
وَٱلۡبَصِيرُand the seeingwal-baṣīru
أَمۡOram
هَلۡishal
تَسۡتَوِيequaltastawī
ٱلظُّلُمَٰتُthe darkness[es]l-ẓulumātu
وَٱلنُّورُۗand the lightwal-nūru
أَمۡOram
جَعَلُواْthey attributejaʿalū
لِلَّهِto Allahlillahi
شُرَكَآءَpartnersshurakāa
خَلَقُواْwho createdkhalaqū
كَخَلۡقِهِۦlike His creationkakhalqihi
فَتَشَٰبَهَso that seemed alikefatashābaha
ٱلۡخَلۡقُthe creationl-khalqu
عَلَيۡهِمۡۚto themʿalayhim
قُلِSayquli
ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
خَٰلِقُ(is) the Creatorkhāliqu
كُلِّof allkulli
شَيۡءٖthingsshayin
وَهُوَand Hewahuwa
ٱلۡوَٰحِدُ(is) the Onel-wāḥidu
ٱلۡقَهَّٰرُthe Irresistiblel-qahāru
Tafsir
Say, O Messenger, to the disbelievers who worship others together with Allah: Who is the creator and the controller of the heavens and the earth? Say, O Messenger, It is Allah who is their Creator and Controller and you acknowledge this. Say, O Messenger, to them: Have you taken for yourselves protectors other than Allah who are themselves helpless! They cannot draw any benefit for themselves nor remove any harm. How then will they be able to do so for others? Say to them, O Messenger, Is the disbeliever, who has no insight, equal to the believer who can see and who is guided? And is disbelief, which is layers of darkness, equal to faith, which is light? Have they assigned in the creation partners to Allah, may He be glorified, who have created anything like Allah’s creation so that their creation is indistinguishable from His? Say to them, O Messenger, Allah alone is the Creator of all things. He has no partner in creation. He is the One and Only deity, who solely deserves to be worshipped, and He is the All Compelling.