Surah An-Nahl in Arabic and English

1. 1 An-Nahl 16:1

   اَتٰٓى اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُؕ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالٰى عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

   Transliteration

   Atā amru Allāhi falā tastaʿjiloohu subḥānahu wataʿālā ʿammā yushrikoona

   Translation

   The command of Allah is coming, so be not impatient for it. Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

2. 2 An-Nahl 16:2

   يُنَزِّلُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةَ بِالرُّوحِ مِنْ اَمْرِهٖ عَلٰى مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖٓ اَنْ اَنْذِرُٓوا اَنَّهُ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّٓا اَنَا۬ فَاتَّقُونِ

   Transliteration

   Yunazzilu almalāikata bialrrooḥi min amrihi ʿalā man yashāo min ʿibādihi an anthiroo annahu lā ilāha illā anā faittaqooni

   Translation

   He sends down the angels, with the inspiration of His command, upon whom He wills of His servants, [telling them], "Warn that there is no deity except Me; so fear Me."

3. 3 An-Nahl 16:3

   خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّؕ تَعَالٰى عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

   Transliteration

   Khalaqa alssamāwāti waalarḏa bialḥaqqi taʿālā ʿammā yushrikoona

   Translation

   He created the heavens and earth in truth. High is He above what they associate with Him.

4. 4 An-Nahl 16:4

   خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَاِذَا هُوَ خَصٖيمٌ مُبٖينٌ

   Transliteration

   Khalaqa alinsāna min nuṭfatin faithā huwa khaṣeemun mubeenun

   Translation

   He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once, he is a clear adversary.

5. 5 An-Nahl 16:5

   وَالْاَنْعَامَ خَلَقَهَاۚ لَكُمْ فٖيهَا دِفْءٌ وَمَنَافِعُ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَۖ

   Transliteration

   Waalanʿāma khalaqahā lakum feehā difon wamanāfiʿu waminhā takuloona

   Translation

   And the grazing livestock He has created for you; in them is warmth and [numerous] benefits, and from them you eat.

6. 6 An-Nahl 16:6

   وَلَكُمْ فٖيهَا جَمَالٌ حٖينَ تُرٖيحُونَ وَحٖينَ تَسْرَحُونَۖ

   Transliteration

   Walakum feehā jamālun ḥeena tureeḥoona waḥeena tasraḥoona

   Translation

   And for you in them is [the enjoyment of] beauty when you bring them in [for the evening] and when you send them out [to pasture].

7. 7 An-Nahl 16:7

   وَتَحْمِلُ اَثْقَالَكُمْ اِلٰى بَلَدٍ لَمْ تَكُونُوا بَالِغٖيهِ اِلَّا بِشِقِّ الْاَنْفُسِؕ اِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَؤُ۫فٌ رَحٖيمٌۙ

   Transliteration

   Wataḥmilu athqālakum ilā baladin lam takoonoo bāligheehi illā bishiqqi alanfusi inna rabbakum laraoofun raḥeemun

   Translation

   And they carry your loads to a land you could not have reached except with difficulty to yourselves. Indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.

8. 8 An-Nahl 16:8

   وَالْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَمٖيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزٖينَةًؕ وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

   Transliteration

   Waalkhayla waalbighāla waalḥameera litarkaboohā wazeenatan wayakhluqu mā lā taʿlamoona

   Translation

   And [He created] the horses, mules and donkeys for you to ride and [as] adornment. And He creates that which you do not know.

9. 9 An-Nahl 16:9

   وَعَلَى اللّٰهِ قَصْدُ السَّبٖيلِ وَمِنْهَا جَٓائِرٌؕ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ لَهَدٰيكُمْ اَجْمَعٖينَࣖ

   Transliteration

   Waʿalā Allāhi qaṣdu alssabeeli waminhā jāirun walaw shāa lahadākum ajmaʿeena

   Translation

   And upon Allah is the direction of the [right] way, and among the various paths are those deviating. And if He willed, He could have guided you all.

10. 10 An-Nahl 16:10

    هُوَ الَّـذٖٓي اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً لَكُمْ مِنْهُ شَرَابٌ وَمِنْهُ شَجَرٌ فٖيهِ تُسٖيمُونَ

    Transliteration

    Huwa allathee anzala mina alssamāi māan lakum minhu sharābun waminhu shajarun feehi tuseemoona

    Translation

    It is He who sends down rain from the sky; from it is drink and from it is foliage in which you pasture [animals].

11. 11 An-Nahl 16:11

    يُنْبِتُ لَكُمْ بِهِ الزَّرْعَ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالنَّخٖيلَ وَالْاَعْنَابَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِؕ اِنَّ فٖي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Yunbitu lakum bihi alzzarʿa waalzzaytoona waalnnakheela waalaʿnāba wamin kulli alththamarāti inna fee thālika laāyatan liqawmin yatafakkaroona

    Translation

    He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines, and from all the fruits. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.

12. 12 An-Nahl 16:12

    وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَۙ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَؕ وَالنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَاتٌ بِاَمْرِهٖؕ اِنَّ فٖي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَۙ

    Transliteration

    Wasakhkhara lakumu allayla waalnnahāra waalshshamsa waalqamara waalnnujoomu musakhkharātun biamrihi inna fee thālika laāyātin liqawmin yaʿqiloona

    Translation

    And He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.

13. 13 An-Nahl 16:13

    وَمَا ذَرَاَ لَكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ مُخْتَلِفاً اَلْوَانُهُؕ اِنَّ فٖي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Wamā tharaa lakum fee alarḏi mukhtalifan alwānuhu inna fee thālika laāyatan liqawmin yaththakkaroona

    Translation

    And [He has subjected] whatever He multiplied for you on the earth of varying colors. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who remember.

14. 14 An-Nahl 16:14

    وَهُوَ الَّذٖي سَخَّرَ الْبَحْرَ لِتَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ لَحْماً طَرِياًّ وَتَسْتَخْرِجُوا مِنْهُ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَاۚ وَتَرَى الْفُلْكَ مَوَاخِرَ فٖيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِهٖ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Wahuwa allathee sakhkhara albaḥra litakuloo minhu laḥman ṭariyyan watastakhrijoo minhu ḥilyatan talbasoonahā watarā alfulka mawākhira feehi walitabtaghoo min faḏlihi walaʿallakum tashkuroona

    Translation

    And it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat and to extract from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through it, and [He subjected it] that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

15. 15 An-Nahl 16:15

    وَاَلْقٰى فِي الْاَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ اَنْ تَمٖيدَ بِكُمْ وَاَنْهَاراً وَسُبُلاً لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَۙ

    Transliteration

    Waalqā fee alarḏi rawāsiya an tameeda bikum waanhāran wasubulan laʿallakum tahtadoona

    Translation

    And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,

16. 16 An-Nahl 16:16

    وَعَلَامَاتٍؕ وَبِالنَّجْمِ هُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

    Transliteration

    Waʿalāmātin wabialnnajmi hum yahtadoona

    Translation

    And landmarks. And by the stars they are [also] guided.

17. 17 An-Nahl 16:17

    اَفَمَنْ يَخْلُقُ كَمَنْ لَا يَخْلُقُؕ اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Afaman yakhluqu kaman lā yakhluqu afalā tathakkaroona

    Translation

    Then is He who creates like one who does not create? So will you not be reminded?

18. 18 An-Nahl 16:18

    وَاِنْ تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَةَ اللّٰهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَاؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَغَفُورٌ رَحٖيمٌ

    Transliteration

    Wain taʿuddoo niʿmata Allāhi lā tuḥṣoohā inna Allāha laghafoorun raḥeemun

    Translation

    And if you should count the favors of Allah, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

19. 19 An-Nahl 16:19

    وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُسِرُّونَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُونَ

    Transliteration

    WaAllāhu yaʿlamu mā tusirroona wamā tuʿlinoona

    Translation

    And Allah knows what you conceal and what you declare.

20. 20 An-Nahl 16:20

    وَالَّذٖينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـٔاً وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَؕ

    Transliteration

    Waallatheena yadʿoona min dooni Allāhi lā yakhluqoona shayan wahum yukhlaqoona

    Translation

    And those they invoke other than Allah create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.

21. 21 An-Nahl 16:21

    اَمْوَاتٌ غَيْرُ اَحْيَٓاءٍۚ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَۙ اَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَࣖ

    Transliteration

    Amwātun ghayru aḥyāin wamā yashʿuroona ayyāna yubʿathoona

    Translation

    They are, [in fact], dead, not alive, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.

22. 22 An-Nahl 16:22

    اِلٰهُكُمْ اِلٰهٌ وَاحِدٌۚ فَالَّذٖينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ مُنْكِرَةٌ وَهُمْ مُسْتَكْبِرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Ilāhukum ilāhun wāḥidun faallatheena lā yuminoona bialākhirati quloobuhum munkiratun wahum mustakbiroona

    Translation

    Your god is one God. But those who do not believe in the Hereafter - their hearts are disapproving, and they are arrogant.

23. 23 An-Nahl 16:23

    لَا جَرَمَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَؕ اِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْتَكْبِرٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Lā jarama anna Allāha yaʿlamu mā yusirroona wamā yuʿlinoona innahu lā yuḥibbu almustakbireena

    Translation

    Assuredly, Allah knows what they conceal and what they declare. Indeed, He does not like the arrogant.

24. 24 An-Nahl 16:24

    وَاِذَا قٖيلَ لَهُمْ مَاذَٓا اَنْزَلَ رَبُّكُمْۙ قَالُٓوا اَسَاطٖيرُ الْاَوَّلٖينَۙ

    Transliteration

    Waithā qeela lahum māthā anzala rabbukum qāloo asāṭeeru alawwaleena

    Translation

    And when it is said to them, "What has your Lord sent down?" They say, "Legends of the former peoples,"

25. 25 An-Nahl 16:25

    لِيَحْمِلُٓوا اَوْزَارَهُمْ كَامِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۙ وَمِنْ اَوْزَارِ الَّذٖينَ يُضِلُّونَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍؕ اَلَا سَٓاءَ مَا يَزِرُونَࣖ

    Transliteration

    Liyaḥmiloo awzārahum kāmilatan yawma alqiyāmati wamin awzāri allatheena yuḏilloonahum bighayri ʿilmin alā sāa mā yaziroona

    Translation

    That they may bear their own burdens in full on the Day of Resurrection and some of the burdens of those whom they misguide without knowledge. Unquestionably, evil is that which they bear.

26. 26 An-Nahl 16:26

    قَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذٖينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَاَتَى اللّٰهُ بُنْيَانَهُمْ مِنَ الْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّقْفُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَاَتٰيهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Qad makara allatheena min qablihim faatā Allāhu bunyānahum mina alqawāʿidi fakharra ʿalayhimu alssaqfu min fawqihim waatāhumu alʿathābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿuroona

    Translation

    Those before them had already plotted, but Allah came at their building from the foundations, so the roof fell upon them from above them, and the punishment came to them from where they did not perceive.

27. 27 An-Nahl 16:27

    ثُمَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ يُخْزٖيهِمْ وَيَقُولُ اَيْنَ شُرَكَٓاءِيَ الَّذٖينَ كُنْتُمْ تُشَٓاقُّونَ فٖيهِمْؕ قَالَ الَّذٖينَ اُو۫تُوا الْعِلْمَ اِنَّ الْخِزْيَ الْيَوْمَ وَالسُّٓوءَ عَلَى الْكَافِرٖينَۙ

    Transliteration

    Thumma yawma alqiyāmati yukhzeehim wayaqoolu ayna shurakāiya allatheena kuntum tushāqqoona feehim qāla allatheena ootoo alʿilma inna alkhizya alyawma waalssooa ʿalā alkāfireena

    Translation

    Then on the Day of Resurrection He will disgrace them and say, "Where are My 'partners' for whom you used to oppose [the believers]?" Those who were given knowledge will say, "Indeed disgrace, this Day, and evil are upon the disbelievers" -

28. 28 An-Nahl 16:28

    اَلَّذٖينَ تَتَوَفّٰيهُمُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمٖٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْۖ فَاَلْقَوُا السَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ مِنْ سُٓوءٍؕ بَلٰٓى اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٖيمٌ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    Transliteration

    Allatheena tatawaffāhumu almalāikatu thālimee anfusihim faalqawoo alssalama mā kunnā naʿmalu min sooin balā inna Allāha ʿaleemun bimā kuntum taʿmaloona

    Translation

    The ones whom the angels take in death [while] wronging themselves, and [who] then offer submission, [saying], "We were not doing any evil." But, yes! Indeed, Allah is Knowing of what you used to do.

29. 29 An-Nahl 16:29

    فَادْخُلُٓوا اَبْوَابَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدٖينَ فٖيهَاؕ فَلَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى الْمُتَكَبِّرٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Faodkhuloo abwāba jahannama khālideena feehā falabisa mathwā almutakabbireena

    Translation

    So enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and how wretched is the residence of the arrogant.

30. 30 An-Nahl 16:30

    وَقٖيلَ لِلَّذٖينَ اتَّقَوْا مَاذَٓا اَنْزَلَ رَبُّكُمْؕ قَالُوا خَيْراًؕ لِلَّذٖينَ اَحْسَنُوا فٖي هٰذِهِ الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌؕ وَلَدَارُ الْاٰخِرَةِ خَيْرٌؕ وَلَنِعْمَ دَارُ الْمُتَّقٖينَۙ

    Transliteration

    Waqeela lillatheena ittaqaw māthā anzala rabbukum qāloo khayran lillatheena aḥsanoo fee hāthihi alddunyā ḥasanatun waladāru alākhirati khayrun walaniʿma dāru almuttaqeena

    Translation

    And it will be said to those who feared Allah, "What did your Lord send down?" They will say, "[That which is] good." For those who do good in this world is good; and the home of the Hereafter is better. And how excellent is the home of the righteous -

31. 31 An-Nahl 16:31

    جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا تَجْرٖي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُ لَهُمْ فٖيهَا مَا يَشَٓاؤُ۫نَؕ كَذٰلِكَ يَجْزِي اللّٰهُ الْمُتَّقٖينَۙ

    Transliteration

    Jannātu ʿadnin yadkhuloonahā tajree min taḥtihā alanhāru lahum feehā mā yashāoona kathālika yajzee Allāhu almuttaqeena

    Translation

    Gardens of perpetual residence, which they will enter, beneath which rivers flow. They will have therein whatever they wish. Thus does Allah reward the righteous -

32. 32 An-Nahl 16:32

    اَلَّذٖينَ تَتَوَفّٰيهُمُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ طَيِّبٖينَۙ يَقُولُونَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمُۙ ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    Transliteration

    Allatheena tatawaffāhumu almalāikatu ṭayyibeena yaqooloona salāmun ʿalaykumu odkhuloo aljannata bimā kuntum taʿmaloona

    Translation

    The ones whom the angels take in death, [being] good and pure; [the angels] will say, "Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise for what you used to do."

33. 33 An-Nahl 16:33

    هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ اَوْ يَأْتِيَ اَمْرُ رَبِّكَؕ كَذٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذٖينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْؕ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ اللّٰهُ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

    Transliteration

    Hal yanthuroona illā an tatiyahumu almalāikatu aw yatiya amru rabbika kathālika faʿala allatheena min qablihim wamā thalamahumu Allāhu walākin kānoo anfusahum yathlimoona

    Translation

    Do the disbelievers await [anything] except that the angels should come to them or there comes the command of your Lord? Thus did those do before them. And Allah wronged them not, but they had been wronging themselves.

34. 34 An-Nahl 16:34

    فَاَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهٖ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَࣖ

    Transliteration

    Faaṣābahum sayyiātu mā ʿamiloo waḥāqa bihim mā kānoo bihi yastahzioona

    Translation

    So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

35. 35 An-Nahl 16:35

    وَقَالَ الَّذٖينَ اَشْرَكُوا لَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِنْ دُونِهٖ مِنْ شَيْءٍ نَحْنُ وَلَٓا اٰبَٓاؤُ۬نَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِنْ دُونِهٖ مِنْ شَيْءٍؕ كَذٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذٖينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۚ فَهَلْ عَلَى الرُّسُلِ اِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبٖينُ

    Transliteration

    Waqāla allatheena ashrakoo law shāa Allāhu mā ʿabadnā min doonihi min shayin naḥnu walā ābāonā walā ḥarramnā min doonihi min shayin kathālika faʿala allatheena min qablihim fahal ʿalā alrrusuli illā albalāghu almubeenu

    Translation

    And those who associate others with Allah say, "If Allah had willed, we would not have worshipped anything other than Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything through other than Him." Thus did those do before them. So is there upon the messengers except [the duty of] clear notification?

36. 36 An-Nahl 16:36

    وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فٖي كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ رَسُولاً اَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوتَۚ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ هَدَى اللّٰهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الضَّلَالَةُؕ فَسٖيرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Walaqad baʿathnā fee kulli ommatin rasoolan ani oʿbudoo Allāha waijtaniboo alṭṭāghoota faminhum man hadā Allāhu waminhum man ḥaqqat ʿalayhi alḏḏalālatu faseeroo fee alarḏi faonthuroo kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu almukaththibeena

    Translation

    And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allah and avoid Taghut." And among them were those whom Allah guided, and among them were those upon whom error was [deservedly] decreed. So proceed through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.

37. 37 An-Nahl 16:37

    اِنْ تَحْرِصْ عَلٰى هُدٰيهُمْ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْدٖي مَنْ يُضِلُّ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرٖينَ

    Transliteration

    In taḥriṣ ʿalā hudāhum fainna Allāha lā yahdee man yuḏillu wamā lahum min nāṣireena

    Translation

    [Even] if you should strive for their guidance, [O Muhammad], indeed, Allah does not guide those He sends astray, and they will have no helpers.

38. 38 An-Nahl 16:38

    وَاَقْسَمُوا بِاللّٰهِ جَهْدَ اَيْمَانِهِمْۙ لَا يَبْعَثُ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَمُوتُؕ بَلٰى وَعْداً عَلَيْهِ حَقاًّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَۙ

    Transliteration

    Waaqsamoo biAllāhi jahda aymānihim lā yabʿathu Allāhu man yamootu balā waʿdan ʿalayhi ḥaqqan walākinna akthara alnnāsi lā yaʿlamoona

    Translation

    And they swear by Allah their strongest oaths [that] Allah will not resurrect one who dies. But yes - [it is] a true promise [binding] upon Him, but most of the people do not know.

39. 39 An-Nahl 16:39

    لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذٖي يَخْتَلِفُونَ فٖيهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ الَّذٖينَ كَفَرُٓوا اَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا كَاذِبٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Liyubayyina lahumu allathee yakhtalifoona feehi waliyaʿlama allatheena kafaroo annahum kānoo kāthibeena

    Translation

    [It is] so He will make clear to them [the truth of] that wherein they differ and so those who have disbelieved may know that they were liars.

40. 40 An-Nahl 16:40

    اِنَّمَا قَوْلُنَا لِشَيْءٍ اِذَٓا اَرَدْنَاهُ اَنْ نَقُولَ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُࣖ

    Transliteration

    Innamā qawlunā lishayin ithā aradnāhu an naqoola lahu kun fayakoonu

    Translation

    Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, "Be," and it is.

41. 41 An-Nahl 16:41

    وَالَّذٖينَ هَاجَرُوا فِي اللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةًؕ وَلَاَجْرُ الْاٰخِرَةِ اَكْبَرُۘ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَۙ

    Transliteration

    Waallatheena hājaroo fee Allāhi min baʿdi mā thulimoo lanubawwiannahum fee alddunyā ḥasanatan walaajru alākhirati akbaru law kānoo yaʿlamoona

    Translation

    And those who emigrated for [the cause of] Allah after they had been wronged - We will surely settle them in this world in a good place; but the reward of the Hereafter is greater, if only they could know.

42. 42 An-Nahl 16:42

    اَلَّذٖينَ صَبَرُوا وَعَلٰى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

    Transliteration

    Allatheena ṣabaroo waʿalā rabbihim yatawakkaloona

    Translation

    [They are] those who endured patiently and upon their Lord relied.

43. 43 An-Nahl 16:43

    وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ اِلَّا رِجَالاً نُوحٖٓي اِلَيْهِمْ فَسْـَٔلُٓوا اَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَۙ

    Transliteration

    Wamā arsalnā min qablika illā rijālan nooḥee ilayhim faisaloo ahla alththikri in kuntum lā taʿlamoona

    Translation

    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.

44. 44 An-Nahl 16:44

    بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالزُّبُرِؕ وَاَنْزَلْـنَٓا اِلَيْكَ الذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ اِلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Bialbayyināti waalzzuburi waanzalnā ilayka alththikra litubayyina lilnnāsi mā nuzzila ilayhim walaʿallahum yatafakkaroona

    Translation

    [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.

45. 45 An-Nahl 16:45

    اَفَاَمِنَ الَّذٖينَ مَكَرُوا السَّيِّـَٔاتِ اَنْ يَخْسِفَ اللّٰهُ بِهِمُ الْاَرْضَ اَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَۙ

    Transliteration

    Afaamina allatheena makaroo alssayyiāti an yakhsifa Allāhu bihimu alarḏa aw yatiyahumu alʿathābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿuroona

    Translation

    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?

46. 46 An-Nahl 16:46

    اَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ فٖي تَقَلُّبِهِمْ فَمَا هُمْ بِمُعْجِزٖينَۙ

    Transliteration

    Aw yakhuthahum fee taqallubihim famā hum bimuʿjizeena

    Translation

    Or that He would not seize them during their [usual] activity, and they could not cause failure?

47. 47 An-Nahl 16:47

    اَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلٰى تَخَوُّفٍؕ فَاِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَؤُ۫فٌ رَحٖيمٌ

    Transliteration

    Aw yakhuthahum ʿalā takhawwufin fainna rabbakum laraoofun raḥeemun

    Translation

    Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.

48. 48 An-Nahl 16:48

    اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلٰى مَا خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ يَتَفَيَّؤُ۬ا ظِلَالُهُ عَنِ الْيَمٖينِ وَالشَّمَٓائِلِ سُجَّداً لِلّٰهِ وَهُمْ دَاخِرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Awa lam yaraw ilā mā khalaqa Allāhu min shayin yatafayyao thilāluhu ʿani alyameeni waalshshamāili sujjadan lillāhi wahum dākhiroona

    Translation

    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.

49. 49 An-Nahl 16:49

    وَلِلّٰهِ يَسْجُدُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِ مِنْ دَٓابَّةٍ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Walillāhi yasjudu mā fee alssamāwāti wamā fee alarḏi min dābbatin waalmalāikatu wahum lā yastakbiroona

    Translation

    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.

50. 50 An-Nahl 16:50

    يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَࣖ

    Transliteration

    Yakhāfoona rabbahum min fawqihim wayafʿaloona mā yumaroona

    Translation

    They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.

51. 51 An-Nahl 16:51

    وَقَالَ اللّٰهُ لَا تَتَّخِذُٓوا اِلٰهَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِۚ اِنَّمَا هُوَ اِلٰهٌ وَاحِدٌۚ فَاِيَّايَ فَارْهَبُونِ

    Transliteration

    Waqāla Allāhu lā tattakhithoo ilāhayni ithnayni innamā huwa ilāhun wāḥidun faiyyāya fairhabooni

    Translation

    And Allah has said, "Do not take for yourselves two deities. He is but one God, so fear only Me."

52. 52 An-Nahl 16:52

    وَلَهُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلَهُ الدّٖينُ وَاصِباًؕ اَفَغَيْرَ اللّٰهِ تَتَّقُونَ

    Transliteration

    Walahu mā fee alssamāwāti waalarḏi walahu alddeenu wāṣiban afaghayra Allāhi tattaqoona

    Translation

    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?

53. 53 An-Nahl 16:53

    وَمَا بِكُمْ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ فَمِنَ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ اِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الضُّرُّ فَاِلَيْهِ تَجْـَٔرُونَۚ

    Transliteration

    Wamā bikum min niʿmatin famina Allāhi thumma ithā massakumu alḏḏurru failayhi tajaroona

    Translation

    And whatever you have of favor - it is from Allah. Then when adversity touches you, to Him you cry for help.

54. 54 An-Nahl 16:54

    ثُمَّ اِذَا كَشَفَ الضُّرَّ عَنْكُمْ اِذَا فَرٖيقٌ مِنْكُمْ بِرَبِّهِمْ يُشْرِكُونَۙ

    Transliteration

    Thumma ithā kashafa alḏḏurra ʿankum ithā fareequn minkum birabbihim yushrikoona

    Translation

    Then when He removes the adversity from you, at once a party of you associates others with their Lord

55. 55 An-Nahl 16:55

    لِيَكْفُرُوا بِمَٓا اٰتَيْنَاهُمْؕ فَتَمَتَّعُواࣞ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

    Transliteration

    Liyakfuroo bimā ātaynāhum fatamattaʿoo fasawfa taʿlamoona

    Translation

    So they will deny what We have given them. Then enjoy yourselves, for you are going to know.

56. 56 An-Nahl 16:56

    وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ نَصٖيباً مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْؕ تَاللّٰهِ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنْتُمْ تَفْتَرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Wayajʿaloona limā lā yaʿlamoona naṣeeban mimmā razaqnāhum taAllāhi latusalunna ʿammā kuntum taftaroona

    Translation

    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.

57. 57 An-Nahl 16:57

    وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلّٰهِ الْبَنَاتِ سُبْحَانَهُۙ وَلَهُمْ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ

    Transliteration

    Wayajʿaloona lillāhi albanāti subḥānahu walahum mā yashtahoona

    Translation

    And they attribute to Allah daughters - exalted is He - and for them is what they desire.

58. 58 An-Nahl 16:58

    وَاِذَا بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُمْ بِالْاُنْثٰى ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَداًّ وَهُوَ كَظٖيمٌۚ

    Transliteration

    Waithā bushshira aḥaduhum bialonthā thalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheemun

    Translation

    And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.

59. 59 An-Nahl 16:59

    يَتَوَارٰى مِنَ الْقَوْمِ مِنْ سُٓوءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهٖؕ اَيُمْسِكُهُ عَلٰى هُونٍ اَمْ يَدُسُّهُ فِي التُّرَابِؕ اَلَا سَٓاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

    Transliteration

    Yatawārā mina alqawmi min sooi mā bushshira bihi ayumsikuhu ʿalā hoonin am yadussuhu fee altturābi alā sāa mā yaḥkumoona

    Translation

    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.

60. 60 An-Nahl 16:60

    لِلَّذٖينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ مَثَلُ السَّوْءِۚ وَلِلّٰهِ الْمَثَلُ الْاَعْلٰىؕ وَهُوَ الْعَزٖيزُ الْحَكٖيمُࣖ

    Transliteration

    Lillatheena lā yuminoona bialākhirati mathalu alssawi walillāhi almathalu alaʿlā wahuwa alʿazeezu alḥakeemu

    Translation

    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.

61. 61 An-Nahl 16:61

    وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ اللّٰهُ النَّاسَ بِظُلْمِهِمْ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ دَٓابَّةٍ وَلٰكِنْ يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّىۚ فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ اَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

    Transliteration

    Walaw yuākhithu Allāhu alnnāsa bithulmihim mā taraka ʿalayhā min dābbatin walākin yuakhkhiruhum ilā ajalin musamman faithā jāa ajaluhum lā yastakhiroona sāʿatan walā yastaqdimoona

    Translation

    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].

62. 62 An-Nahl 16:62

    وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلّٰهِ مَا يَكْرَهُونَ وَتَصِفُ اَلْسِنَتُهُمُ الْكَذِبَ اَنَّ لَهُمُ الْحُسْنٰىؕ لَا جَرَمَ اَنَّ لَهُمُ النَّارَ وَاَنَّهُمْ مُفْرَطُونَ

    Transliteration

    Wayajʿaloona lillāhi mā yakrahoona wataṣifu alsinatuhumu alkathiba anna lahumu alḥusnā lā jarama anna lahumu alnnāra waannahum mufraṭoona

    Translation

    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.

63. 63 An-Nahl 16:63

    تَاللّٰهِ لَقَدْ اَرْسَلْـنَٓا اِلٰٓى اُمَمٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ اَعْمَالَهُمْ فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمُ الْيَوْمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلٖيمٌ

    Transliteration

    TaAllāhi laqad arsalnā ilā omamin min qablika fazayyana lahumu alshshayṭānu aʿmālahum fahuwa waliyyuhumu alyawma walahum ʿathābun aleemun

    Translation

    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.

64. 64 An-Nahl 16:64

    وَمَٓا اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ اِلَّا لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذِي اخْتَلَفُوا فٖيهِۙ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Transliteration

    Wamā anzalnā ʿalayka alkitāba illā litubayyina lahumu allathee ikhtalafoo feehi wahudan waraḥmatan liqawmin yuminoona

    Translation

    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.

65. 65 An-Nahl 16:65

    وَاللّٰهُ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَاَحْيَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاؕ اِنَّ فٖي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَࣖ

    Transliteration

    WaAllāhu anzala mina alssamāi māan faaḥyā bihi alarḏa baʿda mawtihā inna fee thālika laāyatan liqawmin yasmaʿoona

    Translation

    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.

66. 66 An-Nahl 16:66

    وَاِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْاَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةًؕ نُسْقٖيكُمْ مِمَّا فٖي بُطُونِهٖ مِنْ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَبَناً خَالِصاً سَٓائِغاً لِلشَّارِبٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Wainna lakum fee alanʿāmi laʿibratan nusqeekum mimmā fee buṭoonihi min bayni farthin wadamin labanan khāliṣan sāighan lilshshāribeena

    Translation

    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.

67. 67 An-Nahl 16:67

    وَمِنْ ثَمَرَاتِ النَّخٖيلِ وَالْاَعْنَابِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ سَكَراً وَرِزْقاً حَسَناًؕ اِنَّ فٖي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

    Transliteration

    Wamin thamarāti alnnakheeli waalaʿnābi tattakhithoona minhu sakaran warizqan ḥasanan inna fee thālika laāyatan liqawmin yaʿqiloona

    Translation

    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.

68. 68 An-Nahl 16:68

    وَاَوْحٰى رَبُّكَ اِلَى النَّحْلِ اَنِ اتَّخِذٖي مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتاً وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَۙ

    Transliteration

    Waawḥā rabbuka ilā alnnaḥli ani ittakhithee mina aljibāli buyootan wamina alshshajari wamimmā yaʿrishoona

    Translation

    And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.

69. 69 An-Nahl 16:69

    ثُمَّ كُلٖي مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ فَاسْلُكٖي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلاًؕ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ اَلْوَانُهُ فٖيهِ شِفَٓاءٌ لِلنَّاسِؕ اِنَّ فٖي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Thumma kulee min kulli alththamarāti faoslukee subula rabbiki thululan yakhruju min buṭoonihā sharābun mukhtalifun alwānuhu feehi shifāon lilnnāsi inna fee thālika laāyatan liqawmin yatafakkaroona

    Translation

    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.

70. 70 An-Nahl 16:70

    وَاللّٰهُ خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفّٰيكُمْ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرَدُّ اِلٰٓى اَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ لِكَيْ لَا يَعْلَمَ بَعْدَ عِلْمٍ شَيْـٔاًؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٖيمٌ قَدٖيرٌࣖ

    Transliteration

    WaAllāhu khalaqakum thumma yatawaffākum waminkum man yuraddu ilā arthali alʿumuri likay lā yaʿlama baʿda ʿilmin shayan inna Allāha ʿaleemun qadeerun

    Translation

    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.

71. 71 An-Nahl 16:71

    وَاللّٰهُ فَضَّلَ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ فِي الرِّزْقِۚ فَمَا الَّذٖينَ فُضِّلُوا بِرَٓادّٖي رِزْقِهِمْ عَلٰى مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُهُمْ فَهُمْ فٖيهِ سَوَٓاءٌؕ اَفَبِنِعْمَةِ اللّٰهِ يَجْحَدُونَ

    Transliteration

    WaAllāhu faḏḏala baʿḏakum ʿalā baʿḏin fee alrrizqi famā allatheena fuḏḏiloo birāddee rizqihim ʿalā mā malakat aymānuhum fahum feehi sawāon afabiniʿmati Allāhi yajḥadoona

    Translation

    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?

72. 72 An-Nahl 16:72

    وَاللّٰهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ اَنْفُسِكُمْ اَزْوَاجاً وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ اَزْوَاجِكُمْ بَنٖينَ وَحَفَدَةً وَرَزَقَكُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِؕ اَفَبِالْبَاطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَتِ اللّٰهِ هُمْ يَكْفُرُونَۙ

    Transliteration

    WaAllāhu jaʿala lakum min anfusikum azwājan wajaʿala lakum min azwājikum baneena waḥafadatan warazaqakum mina alṭṭayyibāti afabialbāṭili yuminoona wabiniʿmati Allāhi hum yakfuroona

    Translation

    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?

73. 73 An-Nahl 16:73

    وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقًا مِنَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَسْتَطٖيعُونَۚ

    Transliteration

    Wayaʿbudoona min dooni Allāhi mā lā yamliku lahum rizqan mina alssamāwāti waalarḏi shayan walā yastaṭeeʿoona

    Translation

    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.

74. 74 An-Nahl 16:74

    فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا لِلّٰهِ الْاَمْثَالَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    Transliteration

    Falā taḏriboo lillāhi alamthāla inna Allāha yaʿlamu waantum lā taʿlamoona

    Translation

    So do not assert similarities to Allah. Indeed, Allah knows and you do not know.

75. 75 An-Nahl 16:75

    ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلًا عَبْدًا مَمْلُوكًا لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلٰى شَىْءٍ وَمَنْ رَزَقْنَاهُ مِنَّا رِزْقًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ يُنْفِقُ مِنْهُ سِرًّا وَجَهْرًاۜ هَلْ يَسْتَوُ۫نَۜ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    Transliteration

    Ḏaraba Allāhu mathalan ʿabdan mamlookan lā yaqdiru ʿalā shayin waman razaqnāhu minnā rizqan ḥasanan fahuwa yunfiqu minhu sirran wajahran hal yastawoona alḥamdu lillāhi bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamoona

    Translation

    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.

76. 76 An-Nahl 16:76

    وَضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلًا رَجُلَيْنِ اَحَدُهُمَٓا اَبْكَمُ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلٰى شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ كَلٌّ عَلٰى مَوْلٰيهُۙ اَيْنَمَا يُوَجِّهْهُ لَا يَاْتِ بِخَيْرٍۜ هَلْ يَسْتَوٖى هُوَۙ وَمَنْ يَاْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِۙ وَهُوَ عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقٖيمٍ۟

    Transliteration

    Waḏaraba Allāhu mathalan rajulayni aḥaduhumā abkamu lā yaqdiru ʿalā shayin wahuwa kallun ʿalā mawlāhu aynamā yuwajjihhu lā yati bikhayrin hal yastawee huwa waman yamuru bialʿadli wahuwa ʿalā ṣirāṭin mustaqeemin

    Translation

    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?

77. 77 An-Nahl 16:77

    وَلِلّٰهِ غَيْبُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَمَٓا اَمْرُ السَّاعَةِ اِلَّا كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ اَوْ هُوَ اَقْرَبُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدٖيرٌ

    Transliteration

    Walillāhi ghaybu alssamāwāti waalarḏi wamā amru alssāʿati illā kalamḥi albaṣari aw huwa aqrabu inna Allāha ʿalā kulli shayin qadeerun

    Translation

    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.

78. 78 An-Nahl 16:78

    وَاللّٰهُ اَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ بُطُونِ اُمَّهَاتِكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـًٔاۙ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْاَبْصَارَ وَالْاَفْـِٔدَةَۙ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

    Transliteration

    WaAllāhu akhrajakum min buṭooni ommahātikum lā taʿlamoona shayan wajaʿala lakumu alssamʿa waalabṣāra waalafidata laʿallakum tashkuroona

    Translation

    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.

79. 79 An-Nahl 16:79

    اَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلَى الطَّيْرِ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ فٖى جَوِّ السَّمَٓاءِۜ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ اِلَّا اللّٰهُۜ اِنَّ فٖى ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Transliteration

    Alam yaraw ilā alṭṭayri musakhkharātin fee jawwi alssamāi mā yumsikuhunna illā Allāhu inna fee thālika laāyātin liqawmin yuminoona

    Translation

    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.

80. 80 An-Nahl 16:80

    وَاللّٰهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ سَكَنًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ جُلُودِ الْاَنْعَامِ بُيُوتًا تَسْتَخِفُّونَهَا يَوْمَ ظَعْنِكُمْ وَيَوْمَ اِقَامَتِكُمْۙ وَمِنْ اَصْوَافِهَا وَاَوْبَارِهَا وَاَشْعَارِهَٓا اَثَاثًا وَمَتَاعًا اِلٰى حٖينٍ

    Transliteration

    WaAllāhu jaʿala lakum min buyootikum sakanan wajaʿala lakum min juloodi alanʿāmi buyootan tastakhiffoonahā yawma thaʿnikum wayawma iqāmatikum wamin aṣwāfihā waawbārihā waashʿārihā athāthan wamatāʿan ilā ḥeenin

    Translation

    And Allah has made for you from your homes a place of rest and made for you from the hides of the animals tents which you find light on your day of travel and your day of encampment; and from their wool, fur and hair is furnishing and enjoyment for a time.

81. 81 An-Nahl 16:81

    وَاللّٰهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِمَّا خَلَقَ ظِلَالًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ اَكْنَانًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ سَرَابٖيلَ تَقٖيكُمُ الْحَرَّ وَسَرَابٖيلَ تَقٖيكُمْ بَاْسَكُمْۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْلِمُونَ

    Transliteration

    WaAllāhu jaʿala lakum mimmā khalaqa thilālan wajaʿala lakum mina aljibāli aknānan wajaʿala lakum sarābeela taqeekumu alḥarra wasarābeela taqeekum basakum kathālika yutimmu niʿmatahu ʿalaykum laʿallakum tuslimoona

    Translation

    And Allah has made for you, from that which He has created, shadows and has made for you from the mountains, shelters and has made for you garments which protect you from the heat and garments which protect you from your [enemy in] battle. Thus does He complete His favor upon you that you might submit [to Him].

82. 82 An-Nahl 16:82

    فَاِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَاِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبٖينُ

    Transliteration

    Fain tawallaw fainnamā ʿalayka albalāghu almubeenu

    Translation

    But if they turn away, [O Muhammad] - then only upon you is [responsibility for] clear notification.

83. 83 An-Nahl 16:83

    يَعْرِفُونَ نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ يُنْكِرُونَهَا وَاَكْثَرُهُمُ الْكَافِرُونَࣖ

    Transliteration

    Yaʿrifoona niʿmata Allāhi thumma yunkiroonahā waaktharuhumu alkāfiroona

    Translation

    They recognize the favor of Allah; then they deny it. And most of them are disbelievers.

84. 84 An-Nahl 16:84

    وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ مِنْ كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ شَهٖيداً ثُمَّ لَا يُؤْذَنُ لِلَّذٖينَ كَفَرُوا وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ

    Transliteration

    Wayawma nabʿathu min kulli ommatin shaheedan thumma lā yuthanu lillatheena kafaroo walā hum yustaʿtaboona

    Translation

    And [mention] the Day when We will resurrect from every nation a witness. Then it will not be permitted to the disbelievers [to apologize or make excuses], nor will they be asked to appease [Allah].

85. 85 An-Nahl 16:85

    وَاِذَا رَاَ الَّذٖينَ ظَلَمُوا الْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْظَرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Waithā raā allatheena thalamoo alʿathāba falā yukhaffafu ʿanhum walā hum yuntharoona

    Translation

    And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

86. 86 An-Nahl 16:86

    وَاِذَا رَاَ الَّذٖينَ اَشْرَكُوا شُرَكَٓاءَهُمْ قَالُوا رَبَّـنَا هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ شُرَكَٓاؤُ۬نَا الَّذٖينَ كُنَّا نَدْعُوا مِنْ دُونِكَۚ فَاَلْقَوْا اِلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلَ اِنَّكُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَۚ

    Transliteration

    Waithā raā allatheena ashrakoo shurakāahum qāloo rabbanā hāolāi shurakāonā allatheena kunnā nadʿoo min doonika faalqaw ilayhimu alqawla innakum lakāthiboona

    Translation

    And when those who associated others with Allah see their "partners," they will say," Our Lord, these are our partners [to You] whom we used to invoke besides You." But they will throw at them the statement, "Indeed, you are liars."

87. 87 An-Nahl 16:87

    وَاَلْقَوْا اِلَى اللّٰهِ يَوْمَئِذٍۨ السَّلَمَ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Waalqaw ilā Allāhi yawmaithin alssalama waḏalla ʿanhum mā kānoo yaftaroona

    Translation

    And they will impart to Allah that Day [their] submission, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

88. 88 An-Nahl 16:88

    اَلَّذٖينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَبٖيلِ اللّٰهِ زِدْنَاهُمْ عَذَاباً فَوْقَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا يُفْسِدُونَ

    Transliteration

    Allatheena kafaroo waṣaddoo ʿan sabeeli Allāhi zidnāhum ʿathāban fawqa alʿathābi bimā kānoo yufsidoona

    Translation

    Those who disbelieved and averted [others] from the way of Allah - We will increase them in punishment over [their] punishment for what corruption they were causing.

89. 89 An-Nahl 16:89

    وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ فٖي كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ شَهٖيداً عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ اَنْفُسِهِمْ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهٖيداً عَلٰى هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِؕ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ تِبْيَاناً لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً وَبُشْرٰى لِلْمُسْلِمٖينَࣖ

    Transliteration

    Wayawma nabʿathu fee kulli ommatin shaheedan ʿalayhim min anfusihim wajinā bika shaheedan ʿalā hāolāi wanazzalnā ʿalayka alkitāba tibyānan likulli shayin wahudan waraḥmatan wabushrā lilmuslimeena

    Translation

    And [mention] the Day when We will resurrect among every nation a witness over them from themselves. And We will bring you, [O Muhammad], as a witness over your nation. And We have sent down to you the Book as clarification for all things and as guidance and mercy and good tidings for the Muslims.

90. 90 An-Nahl 16:90

    اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْاِحْسَانِ وَاٖيتَٓائِ۬ ذِي الْقُرْبٰى وَيَنْهٰى عَنِ الْفَحْشَٓاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِۚ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Inna Allāha yamuru bialʿadli waaliḥsāni waeetāi thee alqurbā wayanhā ʿani alfaḥshāi waalmunkari waalbaghyi yaʿithukum laʿallakum tathakkaroona

    Translation

    Indeed, Allah orders justice and good conduct and giving to relatives and forbids immorality and bad conduct and oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded.

91. 91 An-Nahl 16:91

    وَاَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِ اللّٰهِ اِذَا عَاهَدْتُمْ وَلَا تَنْقُضُوا الْاَيْمَانَ بَعْدَ تَوْكٖيدِهَا وَقَدْ جَعَلْتُمُ اللّٰهَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَفٖيلاًؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ

    Transliteration

    Waawfoo biʿahdi Allāhi ithā ʿāhadtum walā tanquḏoo alaymāna baʿda tawkeedihā waqad jaʿaltumu Allāha ʿalaykum kafeelan inna Allāha yaʿlamu mā tafʿaloona

    Translation

    And fulfill the covenant of Allah when you have taken it, [O believers], and do not break oaths after their confirmation while you have made Allah, over you, a witness. Indeed, Allah knows what you do.

92. 92 An-Nahl 16:92

    وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّتٖي نَقَضَتْ غَزْلَهَا مِنْ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ اَنْكَاثاًؕ تَتَّخِذُونَ اَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلاً بَيْنَكُمْ اَنْ تَكُونَ اُمَّةٌ هِيَ اَرْبٰى مِنْ اُمَّةٍؕ اِنَّمَا يَبْلُوكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِهٖؕ وَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّ لَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ مَا كُنْتُمْ فٖيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

    Transliteration

    Walā takoonoo kaallatee naqaḏat ghazlahā min baʿdi quwwatin ankāthan tattakhithoona aymānakum dakhalan baynakum an takoona ommatun hiya arbā min ommatin innamā yablookumu Allāhu bihi walayubayyinanna lakum yawma alqiyāmati mā kuntum feehi takhtalifoona

    Translation

    And do not be like she who untwisted her spun thread after it was strong [by] taking your oaths as [means of] deceit between you because one community is more plentiful [in number or wealth] than another community. Allah only tries you thereby. And He will surely make clear to you on the Day of Resurrection that over which you used to differ.

93. 93 An-Nahl 16:93

    وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ اُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلٰكِنْ يُضِلُّ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَهْدٖي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُؕ وَلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    Transliteration

    Walaw shāa Allāhu lajaʿalakum ommatan wāḥidatan walākin yuḏillu man yashāo wayahdee man yashāo walatusalunna ʿammā kuntum taʿmaloona

    Translation

    And if Allah had willed, He could have made you [of] one religion, but He causes to stray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And you will surely be questioned about what you used to do.

94. 94 An-Nahl 16:94

    وَلَا تَتَّخِذُٓوا اَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلاً بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا السُّٓوءَ بِمَا صَدَدْتُمْ عَنْ سَبٖيلِ اللّٰهِۚ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظٖيمٌ

    Transliteration

    Walā tattakhithoo aymānakum dakhalan baynakum fatazilla qadamun baʿda thubootihā watathooqoo alssooa bimā ṣadadtum ʿan sabeeli Allāhi walakum ʿathābun ʿatheemun

    Translation

    And do not take your oaths as [means of] deceit between you, lest a foot slip after it was [once] firm, and you would taste evil [in this world] for what [people] you diverted from the way of Allah, and you would have [in the Hereafter] a great punishment.

95. 95 An-Nahl 16:95

    وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا بِعَهْدِ اللّٰهِ ثَمَناً قَلٖيلاًؕ اِنَّمَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    Transliteration

    Walā tashtaroo biʿahdi Allāhi thamanan qaleelan innamā ʿinda Allāhi huwa khayrun lakum in kuntum taʿlamoona

    Translation

    And do not exchange the covenant of Allah for a small price. Indeed, what is with Allah is best for you, if only you could know.

96. 96 An-Nahl 16:96

    مَا عِنْدَكُمْ يَنْفَدُ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ بَاقٍؕ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ الَّذٖينَ صَبَرُٓوا اَجْرَهُمْ بِاَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

    Transliteration

    Mā ʿindakum yanfadu wamā ʿinda Allāhi bāqin walanajziyanna allatheena ṣabaroo ajrahum biaḥsani mā kānoo yaʿmaloona

    Translation

    Whatever you have will end, but what Allah has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.

97. 97 An-Nahl 16:97

    مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحاً مِنْ ذَكَرٍ اَوْ اُنْثٰى وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيٰوةً طَيِّبَةًۚ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ اَجْرَهُمْ بِاَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

    Transliteration

    Man ʿamila ṣāliḥan min thakarin aw onthā wahuwa muminun falanuḥyiyannahu ḥayātan ṭayyibatan walanajziyannahum ajrahum biaḥsani mā kānoo yaʿmaloona

    Translation

    Whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - We will surely cause him to live a good life, and We will surely give them their reward [in the Hereafter] according to the best of what they used to do.

98. 98 An-Nahl 16:98

    فَاِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْاٰنَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجٖيمِ

    Transliteration

    Faithā qarata alqurāna faistaʿith biAllāhi mina alshshayṭāni alrrajeemi

    Translation

    So when you recite the Qur'an, [first] seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].

99. 99 An-Nahl 16:99

    اِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ عَلَى الَّذٖينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَلٰى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

    Transliteration

    Innahu laysa lahu sulṭānun ʿalā allatheena āmanoo waʿalā rabbihim yatawakkaloona

    Translation

    Indeed, there is for him no authority over those who have believed and rely upon their Lord.

100. 100 An-Nahl 16:100

     اِنَّمَا سُلْطَانُهُ عَلَى الَّذٖينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُ وَالَّذٖينَ هُمْ بِهٖ مُشْرِكُونَࣖ

     Transliteration

     Innamā sulṭānuhu ʿalā allatheena yatawallawnahu waallatheena hum bihi mushrikoona

     Translation

     His authority is only over those who take him as an ally and those who through him associate others with Allah.

101. 101 An-Nahl 16:101

     وَاِذَا بَدَّلْـنَٓا اٰيَةً مَكَانَ اٰيَةٍۙ وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُٓوا اِنَّـمَٓا اَنْتَ مُفْتَرٍؕ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

     Transliteration

     Waithā baddalnā āyatan makāna āyatin waAllāhu aʿlamu bimā yunazzilu qāloo innamā anta muftarin bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamoona

     Translation

     And when We substitute a verse in place of a verse - and Allah is most knowing of what He sends down - they say, "You, [O Muhammad], are but an inventor [of lies]." But most of them do not know.

102. 102 An-Nahl 16:102

     قُلْ نَزَّلَهُ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ مِنْ رَبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ الَّذٖينَ اٰمَنُوا وَهُدًى وَبُشْرٰى لِلْمُسْلِمٖينَ

     Transliteration

     Qul nazzalahu rooḥu alqudusi min rabbika bialḥaqqi liyuthabbita allatheena āmanoo wahudan wabushrā lilmuslimeena

     Translation

     Say, [O Muhammad], "The Pure Spirit has brought it down from your Lord in truth to make firm those who believe and as guidance and good tidings to the Muslims."

103. 103 An-Nahl 16:103

     وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ اَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ اِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُ بَشَرٌؕ لِسَانُ الَّذٖي يُلْحِدُونَ اِلَيْهِ اَعْجَمِيٌّ وَهٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِيٌّ مُبٖينٌ

     Transliteration

     Walaqad naʿlamu annahum yaqooloona innamā yuʿallimuhu basharun lisānu allathee yulḥidoona ilayhi aʿjamiyyun wahāthā lisānun ʿarabiyyun mubeenun

     Translation

     And We certainly know that they say, "It is only a human being who teaches the Prophet." The tongue of the one they refer to is foreign, and this Qur'an is [in] a clear Arabic language.

104. 104 An-Nahl 16:104

     اِنَّ الَّذٖينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِۙ لَا يَهْدٖيهِمُ اللّٰهُ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلٖيمٌ

     Transliteration

     Inna allatheena lā yuminoona biāyāti Allāhi lā yahdeehimu Allāhu walahum ʿathābun aleemun

     Translation

     Indeed, those who do not believe in the verses of Allah - Allah will not guide them, and for them is a painful punishment.

105. 105 An-Nahl 16:105

     اِنَّمَا يَفْتَرِي الْكَذِبَ الَّذٖينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِۚ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ

     Transliteration

     Innamā yaftaree alkathiba allatheena lā yuminoona biāyāti Allāhi waolāika humu alkāthiboona

     Translation

     They only invent falsehood who do not believe in the verses of Allah, and it is those who are the liars.

106. 106 An-Nahl 16:106

     مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اٖيمَانِهٖٓ اِلَّا مَنْ اُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ بِالْاٖيمَانِ وَلٰكِنْ مَنْ شَرَحَ بِالْكُفْرِ صَدْراً فَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ مِنَ اللّٰهِۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظٖيمٌ

     Transliteration

     Man kafara biAllāhi min baʿdi eemānihi illā man okriha waqalbuhu muṭmainnun bialeemāni walākin man sharaḥa bialkufri ṣadran faʿalayhim ghaḏabun mina Allāhi walahum ʿathābun ʿatheemun

     Translation

     Whoever disbelieves in Allah after his belief... except for one who is forced [to renounce his religion] while his heart is secure in faith. But those who [willingly] open their breasts to disbelief, upon them is wrath from Allah, and for them is a great punishment;

107. 107 An-Nahl 16:107

     ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمُ اسْتَحَبُّوا الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْاٰخِرَةِۙ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرٖينَ

     Transliteration

     Thālika biannahumu istaḥabboo alḥayāta alddunyā ʿalā alākhirati waanna Allāha lā yahdee alqawma alkāfireena

     Translation

     That is because they preferred the worldly life over the Hereafter and that Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.

108. 108 An-Nahl 16:108

     اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذٖينَ طَبَعَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَمْعِهِمْ وَاَبْصَارِهِمْۚ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ

     Transliteration

     Olāika allatheena ṭabaʿa Allāhu ʿalā quloobihim wasamʿihim waabṣārihim waolāika humu alghāfiloona

     Translation

     Those are the ones over whose hearts and hearing and vision Allah has sealed, and it is those who are the heedless.

109. 109 An-Nahl 16:109

     لَا جَرَمَ اَنَّهُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

     Transliteration

     Lā jarama annahum fee alākhirati humu alkhāsiroona

     Translation

     Assuredly, it is they, in the Hereafter, who will be the losers.

110. 110 An-Nahl 16:110

     ثُمَّ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذٖينَ هَاجَرُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا فُتِنُوا ثُمَّ جَاهَدُوا وَصَبَرُٓواۙ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنْ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَحٖيمٌࣖ

     Transliteration

     Thumma inna rabbaka lillatheena hājaroo min baʿdi mā futinoo thumma jāhadoo waṣabaroo inna rabbaka min baʿdihā laghafoorun raḥeemun

     Translation

     Then, indeed your Lord, to those who emigrated after they had been compelled [to renounce their religion] and thereafter fought [for the cause of Allah] and were patient - indeed, your Lord, after that, is Forgiving and Merciful

111. 111 An-Nahl 16:111

     يَوْمَ تَأْتٖي كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَادِلُ عَنْ نَفْسِهَا وَتُوَفّٰى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا عَمِلَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

     Transliteration

     Yawma tatee kullu nafsin tujādilu ʿan nafsihā watuwaffā kullu nafsin mā ʿamilat wahum lā yuthlamoona

     Translation

     On the Day when every soul will come disputing for itself, and every soul will be fully compensated for what it did, and they will not be wronged.

112. 112 An-Nahl 16:112

     وَضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ اٰمِنَةً مُطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْتٖيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَداً مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِاَنْعُمِ اللّٰهِ فَاَذَاقَهَا اللّٰهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ

     Transliteration

     Waḏaraba Allāhu mathalan qaryatan kānat āminatan muṭmainnatan yateehā rizquhā raghadan min kulli makānin fakafarat bianʿumi Allāhi faathāqahā Allāhu libāsa aljooʿi waalkhawfi bimā kānoo yaṣnaʿoona

     Translation

     And Allah presents an example: a city which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allah. So Allah made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.

113. 113 An-Nahl 16:113

     وَلَقَدْ جَٓاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَاَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ

     Transliteration

     Walaqad jāahum rasoolun minhum fakaththaboohu faakhathahumu alʿathābu wahum thālimoona

     Translation

     And there had certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.

114. 114 An-Nahl 16:114

     فَكُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللّٰهُ حَلَالاً طَيِّباًۖ وَاشْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ اِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

     Transliteration

     Fakuloo mimmā razaqakumu Allāhu ḥalālan ṭayyiban waoshkuroo niʿmata Allāhi in kuntum iyyāhu taʿbudoona

     Translation

     Then eat of what Allah has provided for you [which is] lawful and good. And be grateful for the favor of Allah, if it is [indeed] Him that you worship.

115. 115 An-Nahl 16:115

     اِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ الْخِنْزٖيرِ وَمَٓا اُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللّٰهِ بِهٖۚ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَحٖيمٌ

     Transliteration

     Innamā ḥarrama ʿalaykumu almaytata waalddama walaḥma alkhinzeeri wamā ohilla lighayri Allāhi bihi famani iḏṭurra ghayra bāghin walā ʿādin fainna Allāha ghafoorun raḥeemun

     Translation

     He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit] - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

116. 116 An-Nahl 16:116

     وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ اَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هٰذَا حَلَالٌ وَهٰذَا حَرَامٌ لِتَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَؕ اِنَّ الَّذٖينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَؕ

     Transliteration

     Walā taqooloo limā taṣifu alsinatukumu alkathiba hāthā ḥalālun wahāthā ḥarāmun litaftaroo ʿalā Allāhi alkathiba inna allatheena yaftaroona ʿalā Allāhi alkathiba lā yufliḥoona

     Translation

     And do not say about what your tongues assert of untruth, "This is lawful and this is unlawful," to invent falsehood about Allah. Indeed, those who invent falsehood about Allah will not succeed.

117. 117 An-Nahl 16:117

     مَتَاعٌ قَلٖيلٌۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلٖيمٌ

     Transliteration

     Matāʿun qaleelun walahum ʿathābun aleemun

     Translation

     [It is but] a brief enjoyment, and they will have a painful punishment.

118. 118 An-Nahl 16:118

     وَعَلَى الَّذٖينَ هَادُوا حَرَّمْنَا مَا قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ مِنْ قَبْلُۚ وَمَا ظَلَمْنَاهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

     Transliteration

     Waʿalā allatheena hādoo ḥarramnā mā qaṣaṣnā ʿalayka min qablu wamā thalamnāhum walākin kānoo anfusahum yathlimoona

     Translation

     And to those who are Jews We have prohibited that which We related to you before. And We did not wrong them [thereby], but they were wronging themselves.

119. 119 An-Nahl 16:119

     ثُمَّ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذٖينَ عَمِلُوا السُّٓوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ وَاَصْلَحُٓواۙ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنْ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَحٖيمٌࣖ

     Transliteration

     Thumma inna rabbaka lillatheena ʿamiloo alssooa bijahālatin thumma tāboo min baʿdi thālika waaṣlaḥoo inna rabbaka min baʿdihā laghafoorun raḥeemun

     Translation

     Then, indeed your Lord, to those who have done wrong out of ignorance and then repent after that and correct themselves - indeed, your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.

120. 120 An-Nahl 16:120

     اِنَّ اِبْرٰهٖيمَ كَانَ اُمَّةً قَانِتاً لِلّٰهِ حَنٖيفاًؕ وَلَمْ يَكُ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكٖينَۙ

     Transliteration

     Inna ibrāheema kāna ommatan qānitan lillāhi ḥaneefan walam yaku mina almushrikeena

     Translation

     Indeed, Abraham was a [comprehensive] leader, devoutly obedient to Allah, inclining toward truth, and he was not of those who associate others with Allah.

121. 121 An-Nahl 16:121

     شَاكِراً لِاَنْعُمِهِؕ اِجْتَبٰيهُ وَهَدٰيهُ اِلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقٖيمٍ

     Transliteration

     Shākiran lianʿumihi ijtabāhu wahadāhu ilā ṣirāṭin mustaqeemin

     Translation

     [He was] grateful for His favors. Allah chose him and guided him to a straight path.

122. 122 An-Nahl 16:122

     وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةًؕ وَاِنَّهُ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّالِحٖينَؕ

     Transliteration

     Waātaynāhu fee alddunyā ḥasanatan wainnahu fee alākhirati lamina alṣṣāliḥeena

     Translation

     And We gave him good in this world, and indeed, in the Hereafter he will be among the righteous.

123. 123 An-Nahl 16:123

     ثُمَّ اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ اَنِ اتَّبِـعْ مِلَّةَ اِبْرٰهٖيمَ حَنٖيفاًؕ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكٖينَ

     Transliteration

     Thumma awḥaynā ilayka ani ittabiʿ millata ibrāheema ḥaneefan wamā kāna mina almushrikeena

     Translation

     Then We revealed to you, [O Muhammad], to follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of those who associate with Allah.

124. 124 An-Nahl 16:124

     اِنَّمَا جُعِلَ السَّبْتُ عَلَى الَّذٖينَ اخْتَلَفُوا فٖيهِؕ وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ فٖيمَا كَانُوا فٖيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

     Transliteration

     Innamā juʿila alssabtu ʿalā allatheena ikhtalafoo feehi wainna rabbaka layaḥkumu baynahum yawma alqiyāmati feemā kānoo feehi yakhtalifoona

     Translation

     The sabbath was only appointed for those who differed over it. And indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.

125. 125 An-Nahl 16:125

     اُدْعُ اِلٰى سَبٖيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُمْ بِالَّتٖي هِيَ اَحْسَنُؕ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبٖيلِهٖ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدٖينَ

     Transliteration

     Odʿu ilā sabeeli rabbika bialḥikmati waalmawʿithati alḥasanati wajādilhum biallatee hiya aḥsanu inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu biman ḏalla ʿan sabeelihi wahuwa aʿlamu bialmuhtadeena

     Translation

     Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided.

126. 126 An-Nahl 16:126

     وَاِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهٖؕ وَلَئِنْ صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلصَّابِرٖينَ

     Transliteration

     Wain ʿāqabtum faʿāqiboo bimithli mā ʿooqibtum bihi walain ṣabartum lahuwa khayrun lilṣṣābireena

     Translation

     And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.

127. 127 An-Nahl 16:127

     وَاصْبِرْ وَمَا صَبْرُكَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُ فٖي ضَيْقٍ مِمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ

     Transliteration

     Waiṣbir wamā ṣabruka illā biAllāhi walā taḥzan ʿalayhim walā taku fee ḏayqin mimmā yamkuroona

     Translation

     And be patient, [O Muhammad], and your patience is not but through Allah. And do not grieve over them and do not be in distress over what they conspire.

128. 128 An-Nahl 16:128

     اِنَّ اللّٰهَ مَعَ الَّذٖينَ اتَّقَوْا وَالَّذٖينَ هُمْ مُحْسِنُونَ

     Transliteration

     Inna Allāha maʿa allatheena ittaqaw waallatheena hum muḥsinoona

     Translation

     Indeed, Allah is with those who fear Him and those who are doers of good.

Translation: Saheeh International. Arabic text: Mushaf of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Türkiye (Diyanet), 605 pages; kuran.diyanet.gov.tr. Transliteration: Açık Kuran (acikkuran.com).