Qur'an | Audio | Sunnah | Salah | Mobile

Surah / Chapter

Languages

Arabic
English
Other Languages

Loading...

Surat An-Naĥl (The Bee) - سورة النحل

Enlarge Text
Shrink Text
This is a portion of the entire surah. View more context, or the entire surah.

16:43
Sahih International
And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
16:44
Sahih International
[We sent them] with clear proofs and written ordinances. And We revealed to you the message that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them and that they might give thought.
16:45
Sahih International
Then, do those who have planned evil deeds feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them or that the punishment will not come upon them from where they do not perceive?
16:46
Sahih International
Or that He would not seize them during their [usual] activity, and they could not cause failure?
16:47
Sahih International
Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.
16:48
Sahih International
Have they not considered what things Allah has created? Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allah , while they are humble.
16:49
Sahih International
And to Allah prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth of creatures, and the angels [as well], and they are not arrogant.
16:50
Sahih International
They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.
16:51
Sahih International
And Allah has said, "Do not take for yourselves two deities. He is but one God, so fear only Me."
16:52
Sahih International
And to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and to Him is [due] worship constantly. Then is it other than Allah that you fear?
16:53
Sahih International
And whatever you have of favor - it is from Allah . Then when adversity touches you, to Him you cry for help.
16:54
Sahih International
Then when He removes the adversity from you, at once a party of you associates others with their Lord
16:55
Sahih International
So they will deny what We have given them. Then enjoy yourselves, for you are going to know.
16:56
Sahih International
And they assign to what they do not know a portion of that which We have provided them. By Allah , you will surely be questioned about what you used to invent.
16:57
Sahih International
And they attribute to Allah daughters - exalted is He - and for them is what they desire.
16:58
Sahih International
And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.
16:59
Sahih International
He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.
16:60
Sahih International
For those who do not believe in the Hereafter is the description of evil; and for Allah is the highest attribute. And He is Exalted in Might, the Wise.
16:61
Sahih International
And if Allah were to impose blame on the people for their wrongdoing, He would not have left upon the earth any creature, but He defers them for a specified term. And when their term has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it].
16:62
Sahih International
And they attribute to Allah that which they dislike, and their tongues assert the lie that they will have the best [from Him]. Assuredly, they will have the Fire, and they will be [therein] neglected.
16:63
Sahih International
By Allah , We did certainly send [messengers] to nations before you, but Satan made their deeds attractive to them. And he is the disbelievers' ally today [as well], and they will have a painful punishment.
16:64
Sahih International
And We have not revealed to you the Book, [O Muhammad], except for you to make clear to them that wherein they have differed and as guidance and mercy for a people who believe.
16:65
Sahih International
And Allah has sent down rain from the sky and given life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who listen.
16:66
Sahih International
And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers.
16:67
Sahih International
And from the fruits of the palm trees and grapevines you take intoxicant and good provision. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who reason.
16:68
Sahih International
And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.
16:69
Sahih International
Then eat from all the fruits and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you]." There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.
16:70
Sahih International
And Allah created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a thing. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Competent.
16:71
Sahih International
And Allah has favored some of you over others in provision. But those who were favored would not hand over their provision to those whom their right hands possess so they would be equal to them therein. Then is it the favor of Allah they reject?
16:72
Sahih International
And Allah has made for you from yourselves mates and has made for you from your mates sons and grandchildren and has provided for you from the good things. Then in falsehood do they believe and in the favor of Allah they disbelieve?
16:73
Sahih International
And they worship besides Allah that which does not possess for them [the power of] provision from the heavens and the earth at all, and [in fact], they are unable.
16:74
Sahih International
So do not assert similarities to Allah . Indeed, Allah knows and you do not know.
16:75
Sahih International
Allah presents an example: a slave [who is] owned and unable to do a thing and he to whom We have provided from Us good provision, so he spends from it secretly and publicly. Can they be equal? Praise to Allah ! But most of them do not know.
16:76
Sahih International
And Allah presents an example of two men, one of them dumb and unable to do a thing, while he is a burden to his guardian. Wherever he directs him, he brings no good. Is he equal to one who commands justice, while he is on a straight path?
16:77
Sahih International
And to Allah belongs the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. And the command for the Hour is not but as a glance of the eye or even nearer. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.
16:78
Sahih International
And Allah has extracted you from the wombs of your mothers not knowing a thing, and He made for you hearing and vision and intellect that perhaps you would be grateful.
16:79
Sahih International
Do they not see the birds controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? None holds them up except Allah . Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.
Loading...