16:75 Darabal-laahu mathalan 'Abdam mamluukal laa yaqdiru 'Alaa shay'iw wa mar razaqnaahu min-naa rizqan Hasanan fa huwa yunfiqu minhu sir-raw wa jahraa* hal yastawuun* alHamdu lil-laah* bal aktharuhum laa ya'Ålamuun

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
Allah has illustrated an example - there is a slave, himself the property of another, not owning anything - and another one upon whom We have bestowed a good livelihood from Us, he therefore spends from it, secretly and publicly; will they be equal? All praise is to Allah; in fact, most of them do not know.

Yusuf Ali:
Allah sets forth the Parable (of two men: one) a slave under the dominion of another; He has no power of any sort; and (the other) a man on whom We have bestowed goodly favours from Ourselves, and he spends thereof (freely), privately and publicly: are the two equal? (By no means;) praise be to Allah. But most of them understand not.

Pickthal:
Allah coineth a similitude: (on the one hand) a (mere) chattel slave, who hath control of nothing, and (on the other hand) one on whom we have bestowed a fair provision from Us, and he spendeth thereof secretly and openly. Are they equal? Praise be to Allah! But most of them know not.