Sura 16: Al-Nahl (The Bee) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[16:1] GOD's command has already been issued (and everything has already been written), so do not rush it.* Be He glorified; the Most High, far above any idols they set up.

أَتَىٰٓatā[It] cameأَمْرُamru(the) command ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godفَلَاfalāso (do) notتَسْتَعْجِلُوهُtastaʿjilūhu[you all] be impatient for it / seek to hasten it.سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahuGlorified is Heوَتَعَـٰلَىٰwataʿālāand High above (all) / Most High,عَمَّاʿammāfrom whatيُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnathey associate. ﴿١﴾

*16:1 Everything is already recorded (57:22). See also Appendix 14.

[16:2] He sends down the angels with the revelations, carrying His commands, to whomever He chooses from among His servants: "You shall preach that there is no other god beside Me; You shall reverence Me."

يُنَزِّلُyunazziluHe sends downٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikatathe angelsبِٱلرُّوحِbil-rūḥiwith the revelationsمِنْminofأَمْرِهِۦamrihiHis command,عَلَىٰʿalāuponمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsمِنْminofعِبَادِهِۦٓʿibādihiHis servants,أَنْanthatأَنذِرُوٓا۟andhirū"Warn [you all]أَنَّهُۥannahuthat there (is)لَآlānoإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّآillāexceptأَنَا۠anāMe.فَٱتَّقُونِfa-ittaqūniSo reverence Me [you all]." ﴿٢﴾

[16:3] He created the heavens and the earth for a specific purpose. He is much too High, far above any idols they set up.

خَلَقَkhalaqaHe createdٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth,بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin the truth (*truthfully).تَعَـٰلَىٰtaʿālāHigh above (all) / Exalted / Highعَمَّاʿammāabove whatيُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnathey associate. ﴿٣﴾

[16:4] He created the human from a tiny drop, then he turns into an ardent opponent.

خَلَقَkhalaqaHe createdٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānathe human beingمِنminfromنُّطْفَةٍnuṭ'fatina semen-drop / tiny dropفَإِذَاfa-idhāthen behold,هُوَhuwahe (is)خَصِيمٌkhaṣīmunan opponentمُّبِينٌmubīnunclear / profound (ardent). ﴿٤﴾

[16:5] And He created the livestock for you, to provide you with warmth, and many other benefits, as well as food.

وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمَwal-anʿāmaAnd the cattle,خَلَقَهَاkhalaqahāHe created itلَكُمْlakumfor you [all],فِيهَاfīhāin it (is)دِفْءٌdif'onwarmthوَمَنَـٰفِعُwamanāfiʿuand benefitsوَمِنْهَاwamin'hāand from itتَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou [all] eat. ﴿٥﴾

[16:6] They also provide you with luxury during your leisure, and when you travel.

وَلَكُمْwalakumAnd for you [all]فِيهَاfīhāin it (is)جَمَالٌjamālunbeauty / eleganceحِينَḥīnawhenتُرِيحُونَturīḥūnayou [all] bring (them) inوَحِينَwaḥīnaand whenتَسْرَحُونَtasraḥūnayou [all] take (them) out. ﴿٦﴾

[16:7] And they carry your loads to lands that you could not reach without a great hardship. Surely, your Lord is Compassionate, Most Merciful.

وَتَحْمِلُwataḥmiluAnd it carriesأَثْقَالَكُمْathqālakumyour loadsإِلَىٰilātoبَلَدٍbaladina landلَّمْlamnotتَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou [all] couldبَـٰلِغِيهِbālighīhireach itإِلَّاillāexceptبِشِقِّbishiqqiwith great hardships (to)ٱلْأَنفُسِl-anfusithe self.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord (is)لَرَءُوفٌlaraūfunsurely Compassionate,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٧﴾

[16:8] And (He created) the horses, the mules, and the donkeys for you to ride, and for luxury. Additionally, He creates what you do not know.

وَٱلْخَيْلَwal-khaylaAnd the horsesوَٱلْبِغَالَwal-bighālaand the mulesوَٱلْحَمِيرَwal-ḥamīraand the donkeysلِتَرْكَبُوهَاlitarkabūhāthat you [all] may ride themوَزِينَةًwazīnatanand (as) adornments (luxury).وَيَخْلُقُwayakhluquAnd He createsمَاmāwhatلَاlānotتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou [all] know. ﴿٨﴾

[16:9] GOD points out the paths, including the wrong ones. If He willed, He could have guided all of you.

وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd withٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)قَصْدُqaṣdu(the) right way (of)ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlithe path,وَمِنْهَاwamin'hāand among it (are)جَآئِرٌjāirun(the) deviations / wrong (ones).وَلَوْwalawAnd ifشَآءَshāaHe willed,لَهَدَىٰكُمْlahadākumsurely He would have guided you [all]أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall together. ﴿٩﴾

[16:10] He sends down from the sky water for your drink, and to grow trees for your benefit.

هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One whoأَنزَلَanzalaHe sent downمِنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyمَآءًmāanwaterلَّكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنْهُmin'hufrom it (is)شَرَابٌsharābuna drink,وَمِنْهُwamin'huand from itشَجَرٌshajarun(grows) tree[s]فِيهِfīhiin whichتُسِيمُونَtusīmūnayou [all] pasture your cattle. ﴿١٠﴾

[16:11] With it, He grows for you crops, olives, date palms, grapes, and all kinds of fruits. This is (sufficient) proof for people who think.

يُنۢبِتُyunbituHe growsلَكُمlakumfor you [all]بِهِbihiwith itٱلزَّرْعَl-zarʿathe cropsوَٱلزَّيْتُونَwal-zaytūnaand the olivesوَٱلنَّخِيلَwal-nakhīlaand the date-palmsوَٱلْأَعْنَـٰبَwal-aʿnābaand the grapesوَمِنwaminand ofكُلِّkullievery (kind of)ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarātithe fruits.إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (is)لَـَٔايَةًlaāyatansurely a sign / proofلِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūna(who) [they] reflect / think. ﴿١١﴾

[16:12] And He commits, in your service, the night and the day, as well as the sun and the moon. Also, the stars are committed by His command. These are (sufficient) proofs for people who understand.

وَسَخَّرَwasakharaAnd He subjected / committed to serveلَكُمُlakumufor you [all]ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe nightوَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the day,وَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsaand the sunوَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moon,وَٱلنُّجُومُwal-nujūmuand the stars (are)مُسَخَّرَٰتٌۢmusakharātun[ones] subjected / committed to serveبِأَمْرِهِۦٓbi-amrihiby His command.إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (are)لَـَٔايَـٰتٍlaāyātinsurely signs / proofsلِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna(who) [they] understand. ﴿١٢﴾

[16:13] And (He created) for you on earth things of various colors. This is a (sufficient) proof for people who take heed.

وَمَاwamāAnd whateverذَرَأَdhara-aHe createdلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthمُخْتَلِفًاmukh'talifan(of) variousأَلْوَٰنُهُۥٓalwānuhu[its] colors.إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (is)لَـَٔايَةًlaāyatansurely a sign / proofلِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيَذَّكَّرُونَyadhakkarūna(who) [they] take heed. ﴿١٣﴾

[16:14] And He committed the sea to serve you; you eat from it tender meat, and extract jewelry which you wear. And you see the ships roaming it for your commercial benefits, as you seek His bounties, that you may be appreciative.

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoسَخَّرَsakharaHe committed to serveٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥrathe seaلِتَأْكُلُوا۟litakulūso that you [all] may eatمِنْهُmin'hufrom itلَحْمًاlaḥmanmeatطَرِيًّاṭariyyanfreshوَتَسْتَخْرِجُوا۟watastakhrijūand you [all] may seek to bring out / produce / extractمِنْهُmin'hufrom itحِلْيَةًḥil'yatanornaments / jewelryتَلْبَسُونَهَاtalbasūnahā(that) you [all] wear them.وَتَرَىwatarāAnd you seeٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kathe shipsمَوَاخِرَmawākhiraploughing / roamingفِيهِfīhithrough it,وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟walitabtaghūand that you [all] may seekمِنminofفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis bounty,وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumand that you [all] mayتَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna[you all] be appreciative. ﴿١٤﴾

[16:15] And He placed stabilizers (mountains) on earth, lest it tumbles with you, as well as rivers and roads, that you may be guided.

وَأَلْقَىٰwa-alqāAnd He cast / placedفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthرَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyastabilizers (mountains),أَنanlestتَمِيدَtamīdait spreads / shakes / tumblesبِكُمْbikumwith you [all],وَأَنْهَـٰرًاwa-anhāranand riversوَسُبُلًاwasubulanand roadsلَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna[you all] be guided. ﴿١٥﴾

[16:16] And landmarks, as well as the stars; to be used for navigation.

وَعَلَـٰمَـٰتٍwaʿalāmātinAnd landmarks,وَبِٱلنَّجْمِwabil-najmiand by the starsهُمْhumtheyيَهْتَدُونَyahtadūna[they] guide. ﴿١٦﴾

[16:17] Is One who creates like one who does not create? Would you now take heed?

أَفَمَنafamanThen is He whoيَخْلُقُyakhluquHe createsكَمَنkamanlike (one) whoلَّاlānotيَخْلُقُyakhluquhe creates?أَفَلَاafalāThen will notتَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou [all] take heed? ﴿١٧﴾

[16:18] If you count GOD's blessings, you cannot possibly encompass them. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتَعُدُّوا۟taʿuddūyou [all] determine / countنِعْمَةَniʿ'mata(the) favor / blessingٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,لَاlānotتُحْصُوهَآtuḥ'ṣūhāyou [all] (can) compute / calculate / count it.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)لَغَفُورٌlaghafūrunsurely Forgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١٨﴾

[16:19] And GOD knows whatever you conceal and whatever you declare.

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godيَعْلَمُyaʿlamu[He] knowsمَاmāwhatتُسِرُّونَtusirrūnayou [all] concealوَمَاwamāand whatتُعْلِنُونَtuʿ'linūnayou [all] declare. ﴿١٩﴾

[16:20] As for the idols they set up beside GOD, they do not create anything; they themselves were created.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whomيَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invokeمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGodلَاlānotيَخْلُقُونَyakhluqūnathey createشَيْـًٔاshayananything,وَهُمْwahumbut they (themselves)يُخْلَقُونَyukh'laqūna[they] are created. ﴿٢٠﴾

[16:21] They are dead, not alive, and they have no idea how or when they will be resurrected.

أَمْوَٰتٌamwātun(They are) deadغَيْرُghayrunot أَحْيَآءٍaḥyāinalive.وَمَاwamāAnd notيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceiveأَيَّانَayyānawhen يُبْعَثُونَyub'ʿathūnathey will be resurrected. ﴿٢١﴾

[16:22] Your god is one god. As for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, their hearts are denying, and they are arrogant.

إِلَـٰهُكُمْilāhukumYour god (is)إِلَـٰهٌilāhungodوَٰحِدٌwāḥidunone.فَٱلَّذِينَfa-alladhīnaBut those whoلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believeبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter,قُلُوبُهُمqulūbuhumtheir heartsمُّنكِرَةٌmunkiratunones which deviate / did not recognize / deny,وَهُمwahumand theyمُّسْتَكْبِرُونَmus'takbirūna[ones who] are arrogant. ﴿٢٢﴾

[16:23] Absolutely, GOD knows everything they conceal and everything they declare. He does not love those who are arrogant.

لَاlāNoجَرَمَjaramadoubtأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsمَاmāwhatيُسِرُّونَyusirrūnathey concealوَمَاwamāand whatيُعْلِنُونَyuʿ'linūnathey declare.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, [He]لَاlānotيُحِبُّyuḥibbuHe lovesٱلْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَl-mus'takbirīnathe arrogant ones. ﴿٢٣﴾

[16:24] When they are asked, "What do you think of these revelations from your Lord," they say, "Tales from the past."

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenقِيلَqīlait was saidلَهُمlahumto them,مَّاذَآmādhā"What then (is it)أَنزَلَanzala[He] sent down / revealedرَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord?قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīru"Tales (of)ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe ancient / the past [ones]." ﴿٢٤﴾

[16:25] They will be held responsible for their sins on the Day of Resurrection, all of them, in addition to sins of all those whom they misled by their ignorance. What a miserable load!

لِيَحْمِلُوٓا۟liyaḥmilūThat they may bearأَوْزَارَهُمْawzārahumtheir own burdensكَامِلَةًkāmilatan(in) fullيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrection,وَمِنْwaminand ofأَوْزَارِawzāri(the) burdensٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whomيُضِلُّونَهُمyuḍillūnahumthey misled [them]بِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutعِلْمٍʿil'minknowledge.أَلَاalāUnquestionably,سَآءَsāaevil (is)مَاmāwhatيَزِرُونَyazirūnathey bear. ﴿٢٥﴾

[16:26] Others like them have schemed in the past, and consequently, GOD destroyed their building at the foundation, causing the roof to fall on them. The retribution struck them when they least expected.

قَدْqadVerily,مَكَرَmakara[he] schemedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoمِنminfromقَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them,فَأَتَىfa-atābut [He] cameٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبُنْيَـٰنَهُمbun'yānahum(at) their buildingمِّنَminafromٱلْقَوَاعِدِl-qawāʿidithe foundations,فَخَرَّfakharraso [it] fell downعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon themٱلسَّقْفُl-saqfuthe roofمِنminfromفَوْقِهِمْfawqihimabove them,وَأَتَىٰهُمُwa-atāhumuand it came to themٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe retributionمِنْminfromحَيْثُḥaythuwhereلَاlānotيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive / expected. ﴿٢٦﴾

[16:27] Then, on the Day of Resurrection, He will disgrace them and ask, "Where are My partners that you had set up beside Me, and had opposed Me for their sake?" Those blessed with knowledge will say, "Today, the shame and misery have befallen the disbelievers."

ثُمَّthummaThenيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrection,يُخْزِيهِمْyukh'zīhimHe will disgrace themوَيَقُولُwayaqūluand He will say,أَيْنَayna"Where (are)شُرَكَآءِىَshurakāiyaMy partnersٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتُشَـٰٓقُّونَtushāqqūna[you all] turn hostile / be in rift / oppose (Me)فِيهِمْfīhimconcerning them?"قَالَqālaHe saidٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'mathe knowledge,إِنَّinna"Indeed,ٱلْخِزْىَl-khiz'yathe disgrace,ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatodayوَٱلسُّوٓءَwal-sūaand [the] evilعَلَىʿalā(are) uponٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers" ﴿٢٧﴾

[16:28] The angels put them to death in a state of wronging their souls. That is when they finally submit, and say, "We did not do anything wrong!" Yes indeed. GOD is fully aware of everything you have done.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whomتَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُtatawaffāhumu[it] takes them in deathٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe angelsظَالِمِىٓẓālimī(while) wrongingأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves / their souls,فَأَلْقَوُا۟fa-alqawūthen they offered / metٱلسَّلَمَl-salamathe submission.مَاmā"Notكُنَّاkunnāwe used toنَعْمَلُnaʿmalu[we] doمِنminanyسُوٓءٍۭsūinevil / wrong."بَلَىٰٓbalāYesإِنَّinnaindeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunfully awareبِمَاbimāof whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna[you all] do. ﴿٢٨﴾

[16:29] Therefore, enter the gates of Hell, wherein you abide forever. What a miserable destiny for the arrogant ones.

فَٱدْخُلُوٓا۟fa-ud'khulūSo enter [you all]أَبْوَٰبَabwāba(the) gates (of)جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHellخَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] abiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāin it.فَلَبِئْسَfalabi'saThen surely miserable (is)مَثْوَىmathwā(the) abode / destinyٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَl-mutakabirīna(for) the arrogant ones. ﴿٢٩﴾

[16:30] As for the righteous, when they are asked, "What do you think of these revelations from your Lord," they say, "Good." For those who lead a righteous life, happiness, and the abode of the Hereafter is even better. What a blissful abode for the righteous.

وَقِيلَwaqīlaAnd it was saidلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those whoٱتَّقَوْا۟ittaqawthey were righteous,مَاذَآmādhā"What then (is it)أَنزَلَanzala[He] sent down / revealedرَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord?"قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,خَيْرًاkhayran"Good."لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnaFor those whoأَحْسَنُوا۟aḥsanūthey did goodفِىfīinهَـٰذِهِhādhihithisٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā[the] world (is)حَسَنَةٌḥasanatungood,وَلَدَارُwaladāruand surely (the) abode (of)ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter.وَلَنِعْمَwalaniʿ'maAnd surely excellent (is)دَارُdāru(the) abode (of)ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿٣٠﴾

*16:30-32 The righteous taste only the first death, which has been already experienced by all of us (see 44:56). At the end of their interim in this world, the angels of death simply invite them to move on to the Paradise where Adam and Eve once lived (2:154, 3:169, 8:24, 22:58, 36:27).

[16:31] The gardens of Eden are reserved for them, wherein rivers flow. They have anything they wish therein. GOD thus rewards the righteous.

جَنَّـٰتُjannātuGardens (of)عَدْنٍʿadninEdenيَدْخُلُونَهَاyadkhulūnahāthey will enter it,تَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath themٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers.لَهُمْlahumFor themفِيهَاfīhāthereinمَاmā(will be) whateverيَشَآءُونَyashāūnathey wish.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusيَجْزِىyajzī[He] rewardsٱللَّهُl-lahuGod ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿٣١﴾

[16:32] The angels terminate their lives in a state of righteousness, saying, "Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise (now) as a reward for your works."*

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whomتَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُtatawaffāhumu[it] take them in deathٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe angelsطَيِّبِينَṭayyibīna(the) pure / good onesيَقُولُونَyaqūlūna[they] saying,سَلَـٰمٌsalāmun"Peace (be)عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuupon you [all].ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter [you all]ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janatathe Paradiseبِمَاbimāfor whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna[you all] do." ﴿٣٢﴾

[16:33] Are they waiting for the angels to come to them, or until your Lord's judgment comes to pass? Those before them did the same thing. GOD is not the One who wronged them; they are the ones who wronged their own souls.

هَلْhalAreيَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey waitingإِلَّآillāexcept / untilأَنanthatتَأْتِيَهُمُtatiyahumu[it] come to themٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe angelsأَوْaworيَأْتِىَyatiya[it] comesأَمْرُamru(the) commandرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord?كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusفَعَلَfaʿala[he] didٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoمِنminfromقَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them.وَمَاwamāAnd notظَلَمَهُمُẓalamahumu[He] wronged themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutكَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were (to)أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their souls,يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna[they] do wrong. ﴿٣٣﴾

[16:34] They have incurred the consequences of their evil works, and the very things they ridiculed came back to haunt them.

فَأَصَابَهُمْfa-aṣābahumThen [it] struck themسَيِّـَٔاتُsayyiātu(the) evil worksمَاmā(for) whatعَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did,وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand it surroundedبِهِمbihimthemمَّاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toبِهِۦbihi[of it]يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna[they] mock / ridicule. ﴿٣٤﴾

[16:35] The idol worshipers say, "Had GOD willed, we would not worship any idols besides Him, nor would our parents. Nor would we prohibit anything besides His prohibitions." Those before them have done the same. Can the messengers do anything but deliver the complete message?

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd [he] saidٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأَشْرَكُوا۟ashrakū[they] associated partners (with God),لَوْlaw"Ifشَآءَshāa[He] willedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَاmānotعَبَدْنَاʿabadnāwe (would have) worshipedمِنminfromدُونِهِۦdūnihiother than Himمِنminanyشَىْءٍshayinthingنَّحْنُnaḥnuwe,وَلَآwalāand notءَابَآؤُنَاābāunāour forefathers / parentsوَلَاwalāand notحَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāwe (would have) prohibitedمِنminfromدُونِهِۦdūnihiother than Himمِنminfromشَىْءٍshayinanything."كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusفَعَلَfaʿala[he] didٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoمِنminfromقَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them.فَهَلْfahalThen isعَلَىʿalāuponٱلرُّسُلِl-rusulithe messengersإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghuthe deliveryٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuthe clear? ﴿٣٥﴾

[16:36] We have sent a messenger to every community, saying, "You shall worship GOD, and avoid idolatry." Subsequently, some were guided by GOD, while others were committed to straying. Roam the earth and note the consequences for the rejectors.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly,بَعَثْنَاbaʿathnāwe sentفِىfīintoكُلِّkullieveryأُمَّةٍummatincommunityرَّسُولًاrasūlana messenger,أَنِani[that]ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budū"Worship [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟wa-ij'tanibūand avoid [you all]ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَl-ṭāghūtathe idols (idolatry)."فَمِنْهُمfamin'humThen among themمَّنْman(were some) whomهَدَىhadā[He] guided,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَمِنْهُمwamin'humand among themمَّنْman(were some) whomحَقَّتْḥaqqat[it] proved trueعَلَيْهِʿalayhion themٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُl-ḍalālatuthe straying.فَسِيرُوا۟fasīrūSo travel [you all]فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthفَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurūand see [you all]كَيْفَkayfahowكَانَkānawasعَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) consequence / end (for)ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīnathe deniers / rejectors. ﴿٣٦﴾

[16:37] No matter how hard you try to guide them, GOD does not guide the ones He had committed to straying. Thus, no one can help them.

إِنinIfتَحْرِصْtaḥriṣyou desireعَلَىٰʿalā[for]هُدَىٰهُمْhudāhumtheir guidance,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيَهْدِىyahdīHe guidesمَنmanwhomيُضِلُّyuḍilluHe sends astray,وَمَاwamāand not (are)لَهُمlahumfor themمِّنminanyنَّـٰصِرِينَnāṣirīnahelpers. ﴿٣٧﴾

[16:38] They swore solemnly by GOD: "GOD will not resurrect the dead." Absolutely, such is His inviolable promise, but most people do not know.

وَأَقْسَمُوا۟wa-aqsamūAnd they swearبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Godجَهْدَjahdasolemnlyأَيْمَـٰنِهِمْaymānihim(of) their oaths,لَاlānotيَبْعَثُyabʿathu[He] will resurrectٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَنman(one) whoيَمُوتُyamūtu[he] dies.بَلَىٰbalāAbsolutely,وَعْدًاwaʿdan(it is) a promiseعَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon Himحَقًّاḥaqqan(in) truth,وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutأَكْثَرَaktharamost (of)ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleلَاlā(do) notيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿٣٨﴾

[16:39] He will then point out to everyone all the things they had disputed, and will let those who disbelieved know that they were liars.

لِيُبَيِّنَliyubayyinaThat He may clarify / explainلَهُمُlahumuto themٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichيَخْتَلِفُونَyakhtalifūnathey differ / disputeفِيهِfīhitherein,وَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlamaand that [He] may make knownٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedأَنَّهُمْannahumthat theyكَانُوا۟kānū[they] wereكَـٰذِبِينَkādhibīnaliars. ﴿٣٩﴾

[16:40] To have anything done, we simply say to it, "Be," and it is.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyقَوْلُنَاqawlunāour wordلِشَىْءٍlishayinto a thing,إِذَآidhāwhenأَرَدْنَـٰهُaradnāhuwe intend it (is)أَنanthatنَّقُولَnaqūlawe sayلَهُۥlahuto it,كُنkun"Be"فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it becomes. ﴿٤٠﴾

[16:41] Those who emigrated for the sake of GOD, because they were persecuted, we will surely make it up to them generously in this life, and the recompense of the Hereafter is even greater, if they only knew.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoهَاجَرُوا۟hājarū[they] emigratedفِىfīin (the cause)ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmā[that]ظُلِمُوا۟ẓulimūthey were wronged,لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْlanubawwi-annahumsurely we will settle themفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldحَسَنَةًḥasanatangood,وَلَأَجْرُwala-ajruand surely (the) reward (of)ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter (is)أَكْبَرُakbarugreater,لَوْlawifكَانُوا۟kānūthey couldيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿٤١﴾

[16:42] This is because they steadfastly persevere, and in their Lord they trust.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoصَبَرُوا۟ṣabarūthey were patient / steadfastوَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand inرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lordيَتَوَكَّلُونَyatawakkalūnathey put (their) trust. ﴿٤٢﴾

[16:43] We did not send before you except men whom we inspired. Ask those who know the scripture, if you do not know.

وَمَآwamāAnd notأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāwe sentمِنminfromقَبْلِكَqablikabefore youإِلَّاillāexceptرِجَالًاrijālanmen,نُّوحِىٓnūḥīwe revealed / inspiredإِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them,فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟fasalūso ask [you all]أَهْلَahla(the) peopleٱلذِّكْرِl-dhik'rithe reminder / messageإِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] [happen]لَاlānotتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿٤٣﴾

[16:44] We provided them with the proofs and the scriptures. And we sent down to you this message, to proclaim for the people everything that is sent down to them, perhaps they will reflect.

بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiWith the clear proofsوَٱلزُّبُرِwal-zuburiand the scriptures.وَأَنزَلْنَآwa-anzalnāAnd we sent downإِلَيْكَilaykato youٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe reminder / proof,لِتُبَيِّنَlitubayyinathat you may make clearلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people,مَاmāwhatنُزِّلَnuzzilait was sent downإِلَيْهِمْilayhimto themوَلَعَلَّهُمْwalaʿallahumand that they mayيَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūna[they] reflect. ﴿٤٤﴾

[16:45] Did those who scheme evil schemes guarantee that GOD will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that the retribution will not come to them when they least expect it?

أَفَأَمِنَafa-aminaThen has [he] felt secureٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoمَكَرُوا۟makarū[they] schemedٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātithe evil deedsأَنanthatيَخْسِفَyakhsifa[He] will cause to swallowٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِهِمُbihimuwith themٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earthأَوْaworيَأْتِيَهُمُyatiyahumu[it] will come to themٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment / retributionمِنْminfromحَيْثُḥaythuwhereلَاlānotيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive / expect? ﴿٤٥﴾

[16:46] It may strike them while they are asleep; they can never escape.

أَوْawOrيَأْخُذَهُمْyakhudhahumHe (may) take / strike themفِىfīinتَقَلُّبِهِمْtaqallubihimtheir moving aboutفَمَاfamāthen notهُمhumthey (are)بِمُعْجِزِينَbimuʿ'jizīnaever ones who can escape? ﴿٤٦﴾

[16:47] Or it may strike them while they are fearfully expecting it. Your Lord is Compassionate, Most Merciful.

أَوْawOrيَأْخُذَهُمْyakhudhahumHe (may) take / strike themعَلَىٰʿalāin spite ofتَخَوُّفٍtakhawwufina fearful expectation (creeping fear) فَإِنَّfa-innaBut indeed,رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord (is)لَرَءُوفٌlaraūfunsurely Compassionate,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٤٧﴾

[16:48] Have they not seen all the things created by GOD? Their shadows surround them right and left, in total submission to GOD, and willingly.

أَوَلَمْawalamDo notيَرَوْا۟yarawthey seeإِلَىٰilātoمَاmāwhatخَلَقَkhalaqa[He] createdٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنminfromشَىْءٍshayina thing?يَتَفَيَّؤُا۟yatafayya-u[It] shifts / turnsظِلَـٰلُهُۥẓilāluhuits shadowsعَنِʿanifromٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīnithe rightوَٱلشَّمَآئِلِwal-shamāiliand the left,سُجَّدًاsujjadanprostrating (total submission)لِّلَّهِlillahito Godوَهُمْwahumwhile they (are)دَٰخِرُونَdākhirūna[ones] willingly / humbled. ﴿٤٨﴾

[16:49] To GOD prostrates everything in the heavens and everything on earth - every creature - and so do the angels; without the least arrogance.*

وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd to Godيَسْجُدُyasjuduit prostratesمَاmāwhatever (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَمَاwamāand whatever (is)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthمِنminofدَآبَّةٍdābbatinmoving creatureوَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuand the angels,وَهُمْwahumand theyلَاlānotيَسْتَكْبِرُونَyastakbirūna[they] are arrogant. ﴿٤٩﴾

*16:49 The human body, whether it belongs to a believer or a disbeliever, submits to God; the heartbeats, the lungs' movement, and peristalsis illustrate this submission.

[16:50] They reverence their Lord, high above them, and they do what they are commanded to do.

يَخَافُونَyakhāfūnaThey fearرَبَّهُمrabbahumtheir Lordمِّنminfromفَوْقِهِمْfawqihimabove them,وَيَفْعَلُونَwayafʿalūnaand they doمَاmāwhatيُؤْمَرُونَyu'marūnathey are commanded. ﴿٥٠﴾

[16:51] GOD has proclaimed: "Do not worship two gods; there is only one god. You shall reverence Me alone."

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd [He] said / proclaimed,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَاlā"(Do) notتَتَّخِذُوٓا۟tattakhidhūyou [all] takeإِلَـٰهَيْنِilāhayni[two] godsٱثْنَيْنِith'naynitwo,إِنَّمَاinnamāonlyهُوَhuwaHe (is)إِلَـٰهٌilāhungodوَٰحِدٌwāḥidunOne,فَإِيَّـٰىَfa-iyyāyaso Me aloneفَٱرْهَبُونِfa-ir'habūniand reverence Me [you all]." ﴿٥١﴾

[16:52] To Him belongs everything in the heavens and the earth and therefore, the religion shall be devoted absolutely to Him alone. Would you worship other than GOD?

وَلَهُۥwalahuAnd to Him (belongs)مَاmāwhatever (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth,وَلَهُwalahuand to Himٱلدِّينُl-dīnuthe religionوَاصِبًاwāṣibanperpetual / forever.أَفَغَيْرَafaghayraThen is it other thanٱللَّهِl-lahiGodتَتَّقُونَtattaqūnayou [all] observe? ﴿٥٢﴾

[16:53] Any blessing you enjoy is from GOD. Yet, whenever you incur any adversity you immediately complain to Him.

وَمَاwamāAnd whateverبِكُمbikumwith you [all]مِّنminofنِّعْمَةٍniʿ'matinfavor / blessingفَمِنَfamina[then] (is) fromٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.ثُمَّthummaThenإِذَاidhāwhenمَسَّكُمُmassakumu[it] touched / afflicted you [all]ٱلضُّرُّl-ḍuruthe adversityفَإِلَيْهِfa-ilayhithen to Himتَجْـَٔرُونَtajarūnayou [all] complain. ﴿٥٣﴾

[16:54] Yet, as soon as He relieves your affliction, some of you revert to idol worship.

ثُمَّthummaThenإِذَاidhāwhenكَشَفَkashafaHe removedٱلضُّرَّl-ḍurathe adversityعَنكُمْʿankumfrom you [all],إِذَاidhābehold!فَرِيقٌfarīqunA group / Someمِّنكُمminkumof you [all]بِرَبِّهِمْbirabbihimwith their Lordيُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūna[they] associate partners (with Him). ﴿٥٤﴾

[16:55] Let them disbelieve in what we have given them. Go ahead and enjoy temporarily; you will surely find out.

لِيَكْفُرُوا۟liyakfurūSo that they may deny / disbelieveبِمَآbimāthat whichءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْātaynāhumwe gave them.فَتَمَتَّعُوا۟fatamattaʿūThen enjoy [you all],فَسَوْفَfasawfabut soonتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou [all] will know. ﴿٥٥﴾

[16:56] They designate for the idols they set up out of ignorance, a share of the provisions we bestow upon them. By GOD, you will be held accountable for your innovations.

وَيَجْعَلُونَwayajʿalūnaAnd they assignلِمَاlimāto whatلَاlānotيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey knowنَصِيبًاnaṣībana portion,مِّمَّاmimmāof whatرَزَقْنَـٰهُمْrazaqnāhumwe provided them.تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy Godلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّlatus'alunnasurely you [all] will be askedعَمَّاʿammāabout whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَفْتَرُونَtaftarūna[you all] innovate. ﴿٥٦﴾

[16:57] They even assign daughters to GOD, be He glorified, while they prefer for themselves what they like.

وَيَجْعَلُونَwayajʿalūnaAnd they assignلِلَّهِlillahito Godٱلْبَنَـٰتِl-banāti[the] daughters.سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahuGlory be to Him!وَلَهُمwalahumWhile for them (is)مَّاmāwhatيَشْتَهُونَyashtahūnathey desire. ﴿٥٧﴾

[16:58] When one of them gets a baby girl, his face becomes darkened with overwhelming grief.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenبُشِّرَbushira[he] was given newsأَحَدُهُمaḥaduhumone of themبِٱلْأُنثَىٰbil-unthāof the female,ظَلَّẓalla[it] became [dark]وَجْهُهُۥwajhuhuhis faceمُسْوَدًّاmus'waddandarkenedوَهُوَwahuwaand heكَظِيمٌkaẓīmun[he] suppressed grief. ﴿٥٨﴾

[16:59] Ashamed, he hides from the people, because of the bad news given to him. He even ponders: should he keep the baby grudgingly, or bury her in the dust. Miserable indeed is their judgment.

يَتَوَٰرَىٰyatawārāHe hides himselfمِنَminafromٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe peopleمِنmin(because) ofسُوٓءِsūi(the) evilمَاmā(of) whatبُشِّرَbushira[he] was given newsبِهِۦٓbihion account of it. أَيُمْسِكُهُۥayum'sikuhuShould he keep itعَلَىٰʿalāinهُونٍhūninhumiliationأَمْamor shouldيَدُسُّهُۥyadussuhuhe bury itفِىfīinٱلتُّرَابِl-turābithe dust?أَلَاalāUnquestionably,سَآءَsāaevil (is)مَاmāwhatيَحْكُمُونَyaḥkumūnathey decide / judge. ﴿٥٩﴾

[16:60] Those who do not believe in the Hereafter set the worst examples, while to GOD belongs the most sublime examples. He is the Almighty, the Most Wise.

لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaFor those whoلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believeبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter (is)مَثَلُmathaluan example ofٱلسَّوْءِl-sawithe evil / worst,وَلِلَّهِwalillahiand for God (is)ٱلْمَثَلُl-mathaluthe exampleٱلْأَعْلَىٰl-aʿlāthe highest / sublime.وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe Almighty,ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuMost Wise. ﴿٦٠﴾

[16:61] If GOD punished the people for their transgressions, He would have annihilated every creature on earth. But He respites them for a specific, predetermined time. Once their interim ends, they cannot delay it by one hour, nor advance it.

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifيُؤَاخِذُyuākhidhu[He] holds to accountٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe peopleبِظُلْمِهِمbiẓul'mihimfor their wrongdoingمَّاmānotتَرَكَtarakaHe (would have) leftعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon itمِنminanyدَآبَّةٍdābbatinmoving creature,وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutيُؤَخِّرُهُمْyu-akhiruhumHe respites themإِلَىٰٓilāforأَجَلٍajalinan appointed termمُّسَمًّىmusammanpredetermined.فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when [in the future]جَآءَjāa[it] cameأَجَلُهُمْajaluhumtheir termلَاlānotيَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَyastakhirūnathey can delay (it)سَاعَةًsāʿatanan hourوَلَاwalāand notيَسْتَقْدِمُونَyastaqdimūnathey can advance (it). ﴿٦١﴾

[16:62] They ascribe to GOD what they dislike for themselves, then utter the lie with their own tongues that they are righteous! Without any doubt, they have incurred Hell, for they have rebelled.

وَيَجْعَلُونَwayajʿalūnaAnd they assignلِلَّهِlillahito Godمَاmāwhatيَكْرَهُونَyakrahūnathey dislikeوَتَصِفُwataṣifuand [it] assertsأَلْسِنَتُهُمُalsinatuhumutheir tonguesٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lieأَنَّannathatلَهُمُlahumufor them (is)ٱلْحُسْنَىٰl-ḥus'nāthe best.لَاlāNoجَرَمَjaramadoubtأَنَّannathatلَهُمُlahumufor them (is)ٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fireوَأَنَّهُمwa-annahumand that they (are)مُّفْرَطُونَmuf'raṭūnaones who exceeded the bounds / rebelled. ﴿٦٢﴾

[16:63] By GOD, we have sent (messengers) to communities before you, but the devil adorned their works in their eyes. Consequently, he is now their lord, and they have incurred a painful retribution.

تَٱللَّهِtal-lahiBy God,لَقَدْlaqadcertainlyأَرْسَلْنَآarsalnāwe sentإِلَىٰٓilātoأُمَمٍumamincommunitiesمِّنminfromقَبْلِكَqablikabefore youفَزَيَّنَfazayyanabut [he] adornedلَهُمُlahumufor themٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilأَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahumtheir deeds.فَهُوَfahuwaSo he (is)وَلِيُّهُمُwaliyyuhumutheir ally / lordٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday,وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful. ﴿٦٣﴾

[16:64] We have revealed this scripture to you, to point out for them what they dispute, and to provide guidance and mercy for people who believe.

وَمَآwamāAnd notأَنزَلْنَاanzalnāwe revealedعَلَيْكَʿalaykato youٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureإِلَّاillāexceptلِتُبَيِّنَlitubayyinathat you may clarifyلَهُمُlahumufor themٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūthey differed / disputedفِيهِfīhiin it,وَهُدًىwahudanand (as) a guidanceوَرَحْمَةًwaraḥmatanand mercyلِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna(who) they believe. ﴿٦٤﴾

[16:65] GOD sends down from the sky water to revive the land after it had died. This should be (sufficient) proof for people who hear.

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodأَنزَلَanzalaHe sent downمِنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyمَآءًmāanwater,فَأَحْيَاfa-aḥyāthen He gave lifeبِهِbihiby itٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(to) the earthبَعْدَbaʿdaafterمَوْتِهَآmawtihāits death.إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (is)لَـَٔايَةًlaāyatansurely a sign / proofلِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūna(who) [they] listen. ﴿٦٥﴾

[16:66] And in the livestock there is a lesson for you: we provide you with a drink from their bellies. From the midst of digested food and blood, you get pure milk, delicious for the drinkers.

وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,لَكُمْlakumfor you [all]فِىfīinٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmithe cattle / livestock (is)لَعِبْرَةًlaʿib'ratansurely a lesson.نُّسْقِيكُمnus'qīkumWe give you [all] drinkمِّمَّاmimmāfrom what (is)فِىfīinبُطُونِهِۦbuṭūnihitheir bellies,مِنۢminfromبَيْنِbaynibetweenفَرْثٍfarthinbowels / contents of the stomachوَدَمٍwadaminand blood,لَّبَنًاlabananmilkخَالِصًاkhāliṣanpure,سَآئِغًاsāighandeliciousلِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَlilshāribīnafor the drinkers. ﴿٦٦﴾

[16:67] And from the fruits of date palms and grapes you produce intoxicants, as well as good provisions. This should be (sufficient) proof for people who understand.

وَمِنwaminAnd fromثَمَرَٰتِthamarātifruitsٱلنَّخِيلِl-nakhīlithe date-palm,وَٱلْأَعْنَـٰبِwal-aʿnābiand the grapes,تَتَّخِذُونَtattakhidhūnayou [all] takeمِنْهُmin'hufrom itسَكَرًاsakaranintoxicantوَرِزْقًاwariz'qanand a provisionحَسَنًاḥasanangood.إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (is)لَـَٔايَةًlaāyatansurely a sign / proofلِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna(who) they understand. ﴿٦٧﴾

[16:68] And your Lord inspired the bee: build homes in mountains and trees, and in (the hives) they build for you.

وَأَوْحَىٰwa-awḥāAnd [He] inspiredرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lordإِلَىilātoٱلنَّحْلِl-naḥlithe bee,أَنِani[that]ٱتَّخِذِىittakhidhī"Takeمِنَminaamongٱلْجِبَالِl-jibālithe mountains,بُيُوتًاbuyūtanhousesوَمِنَwaminaand amongٱلشَّجَرِl-shajarithe trees,وَمِمَّاwamimmāand from whatيَعْرِشُونَyaʿrishūnathey construct. ﴿٦٨﴾

[16:69] Then eat from all the fruits, following the design of your Lord, precisely. From their bellies comes a drink of different colors, wherein there is healing for the people. This should be (sufficient) proof for people who reflect.*

ثُمَّthummaThenكُلِىkulīeatمِنminfromكُلِّkulliallٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarātithe fruitsفَٱسْلُكِىfa-us'lukīand followسُبُلَsubula(the) waysرَبِّكِrabbiki(of) your Lord,ذُلُلًاdhululansubmissively / precisely."يَخْرُجُyakhruju[It] comes forthمِنۢminfromبُطُونِهَاbuṭūnihātheir belliesشَرَابٌsharābuna drinkمُّخْتَلِفٌmukh'talifun(of) various / differentأَلْوَٰنُهُۥalwānuhu[its] colors,فِيهِfīhiin it (is)شِفَآءٌshifāona healingلِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people.إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (is)لَـَٔايَةًlaāyatansurely a sign / proofلِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūna(who) [they] reflect. ﴿٦٩﴾

*16:69 Besides its recognized nutritive value, honey has been scientifically proven as a healing medicine for certain allergies and other ailments.

[16:70] GOD created you, then He terminates your lives. He lets some of you live to the oldest age, only to find out that there is a limit to the knowledge they can acquire. GOD is Omniscient, Omnipotent.

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodخَلَقَكُمْkhalaqakumHe created you [all],ثُمَّthummathenيَتَوَفَّىٰكُمْyatawaffākumHe causes you [all] to die.وَمِنكُمwaminkumAnd among you [all] (is)مَّنman(one) whoيُرَدُّyuradduhe revertsإِلَىٰٓilātoأَرْذَلِardhali(the) worst (oldest)ٱلْعُمُرِl-ʿumuri(of) the age,لِكَىْlikayso thatلَاlānotيَعْلَمَyaʿlamahe knowsبَعْدَbaʿdaafterعِلْمٍʿil'minknowledgeشَيْـًٔاshayana thing.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient,قَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿٧٠﴾

[16:71] GOD has provided for some of you more than others. Those who are given plenty would never give their properties to their subordinates to the extent of making them partners. Would they give up GOD's blessings?*

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodفَضَّلَfaḍḍalaHe favoredبَعْضَكُمْbaʿḍakumsome of you [all]عَلَىٰʿalāoverبَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome othersفِىfīinٱلرِّزْقِl-riz'qi[the] provision.فَمَاfamāBut notٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoفُضِّلُوا۟fuḍḍilūthey were favoredبِرَآدِّىbirāddīever give backرِزْقِهِمْriz'qihimtheir provisionعَلَىٰʿalātoمَاmāwhatمَلَكَتْmalakat[it] possessed / owned / controlled*أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْaymānuhumtheir right hands / oaths (*their subordinates)فَهُمْfahumso (that) they (are)فِيهِfīhiin itسَوَآءٌsawāonequal (partners).أَفَبِنِعْمَةِafabiniʿ'matiThen is it in the favor / blessingٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godيَجْحَدُونَyajḥadūnathey reject / deny? ﴿٧١﴾

*16:71 If the humans would not give up their power to that extent, why do they expect God to do this, and create partners for Himself?

[16:72] And GOD made for you spouses from among yourselves, and produced for you from your spouses children and grandchildren, and provided you with good provisions. Should they believe in falsehood, and turn unappreciative of GOD's blessings?

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodجَعَلَjaʿalaHe madeلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنْminfromأَنفُسِكُمْanfusikumyourselvesأَزْوَٰجًاazwājanspouses,وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand He madeلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنْminfromأَزْوَٰجِكُمazwājikumyour spousesبَنِينَbanīnachildrenوَحَفَدَةًwaḥafadatanand grandchildrenوَرَزَقَكُمwarazaqakumand He provided you [all]مِّنَminafromٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِl-ṭayibātithe good things.أَفَبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِafabil-bāṭiliThen is it in the falsehoodيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe,وَبِنِعْمَتِwabiniʿ'matiand in (the) favors / blessingsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godهُمْhumtheyيَكْفُرُونَyakfurūna[they] disbelieve / are unappreciative? ﴿٧٢﴾

[16:73] Yet, they worship beside GOD what possesses no provisions for them in the heavens, nor on earth, nor can provide them with anything.

وَيَعْبُدُونَwayaʿbudūnaAnd they worshipمِنminfromدُونِdūniother thanٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمَاmāwhatلَاlānotيَمْلِكُyamlikuit possessesلَهُمْlahumfor themرِزْقًاriz'qan(any) provisionمِّنَminafromٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earthشَيْـًٔاshayananything,وَلَاwalāand notيَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are capable / able. ﴿٧٣﴾

[16:74] Therefore, do not cite the examples for GOD; GOD knows while you do not know.

فَلَاfalāSo (do) notتَضْرِبُوا۟taḍribū[you all] put forth / citeلِلَّهِlillahifor Godٱلْأَمْثَالَl-amthālathe examples.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsوَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you [all]لَاlā(do) notتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿٧٤﴾

[16:75] GOD cites the example of a slave who is owned, and is totally powerless, compared to one whom we blessed with good provisions, from which he gives to charity secretly and publicly. Are they equal? Praise be to GOD, most of them do not know.

ضَرَبَḍaraba[He] set forth / citedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَثَلًاmathalan(the) example (of)عَبْدًاʿabdana slaveمَّمْلُوكًاmamlūkanwho is owned,لَّاlānotيَقْدِرُyaqdiruhe has power / is capableعَلَىٰʿalāoverشَىْءٍshayinanything,وَمَنwamanand (one) whomرَّزَقْنَـٰهُrazaqnāhuwe provided himمِنَّاminnāfrom usرِزْقًاriz'qana provisionحَسَنًاḥasanangood,فَهُوَfahuwaso heيُنفِقُyunfiqu[he] spendsمِنْهُmin'hufrom it,سِرًّاsirransecretlyوَجَهْرًاwajahranand publicly.هَلْhalAreيَسْتَوُۥنَyastawūnathey equal?ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduAll praise beلِلَّهِlillahito God!بَلْbalNay, (but)أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of themلَاlā(do) notيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿٧٥﴾

[16:76] And GOD cites the example of two men: one is dumb, lacks the ability to do anything, is totally dependent on his master - whichever way he directs him, he cannot produce anything good. Is he equal to one who rules with justice, and is guided in the right path?

وَضَرَبَwaḍarabaAnd [He] set forth / citedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَثَلًاmathalanan example (of)رَّجُلَيْنِrajulaynitwo men,أَحَدُهُمَآaḥaduhumāone of the two of themأَبْكَمُabkamudumb,لَاlānotيَقْدِرُyaqdiruhe has power / is capableعَلَىٰʿalāoverشَىْءٍshayinanything,وَهُوَwahuwawhile he (is)كَلٌّkallunentirely (dependent)عَلَىٰʿalāonمَوْلَىٰهُmawlāhuhis master.أَيْنَمَاaynamāWhereverيُوَجِّههُّyuwajjihhuhe directs himلَاlānotيَأْتِyatihe comesبِخَيْرٍbikhayrinwith a good thing / profitable and useful thing.هَلْhalIsيَسْتَوِىyastawī[he] equalهُوَhuwaheوَمَنwamanand (the one) whoيَأْمُرُyamuruhe commandsبِٱلْعَدْلِbil-ʿadliwith the justice (*justly / equitably),وَهُوَwahuwaand he (is)عَلَىٰʿalāonصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭina pathمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīminstraight / right? ﴿٧٦﴾

[16:77] To GOD belongs the future of the heavens and the earth. As far as He is concerned, the end of the world (the Hour) is a blink of an eye away, or even closer. GOD is Omnipotent.

وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd to God (belongs)غَيْبُghaybu(the) unseen / future (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth.وَمَآwamāAnd not (is)أَمْرُamru(the) matter (of)ٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿatithe Hourإِلَّاillābutكَلَمْحِkalamḥilike a blink (of)ٱلْبَصَرِl-baṣarithe eyeأَوْaworهُوَhuwait (is)أَقْرَبُaqrabucloser / nearer.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodعَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthing (is)قَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿٧٧﴾

[16:78] GOD brought you out of your mothers' bellies knowing nothing, and He gave you the hearing, the eyesight, and the brains, that you may be appreciative.

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godأَخْرَجَكُمakhrajakum[He] brought you [all] outمِّنۢminfromبُطُونِbuṭūni(the) wombs / bellies (of)أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْummahātikumyour mothers,لَاlānotتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou [all] knowشَيْـًٔاshayananything.وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaAnd He madeلَكُمُlakumufor you [all]ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿathe hearingوَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرَwal-abṣāraand the sightوَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَwal-afidataand the hearts / brainsلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna[you all] be appreciative. ﴿٧٨﴾

[16:79] Do they not see the birds committed to fly in the atmosphere of the sky? None holds them up in the air except GOD. This should be (sufficient) proof for people who believe.

أَلَمْalamDo notيَرَوْا۟yarawthey seeإِلَىilātoٱلطَّيْرِl-ṭayrithe birdsمُسَخَّرَٰتٍmusakharātin[ones] subjected / committed to serveفِىfīinجَوِّjawwi(the) atmosphere (of)ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky?مَاmāNoneيُمْسِكُهُنَّyum'sikuhunna[he] holds them (up)إِلَّاillāexceptٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (are)لَـَٔايَـٰتٍlaāyātinsurely signs / proofsلِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna(who) they believe. ﴿٧٩﴾

[16:80] And GOD provided for you stationary homes where you can live. And He provided for you portable homes made of the hides of livestock, so you can use them when you travel, and when you settle down. And from their wools, furs, and hair, you make furnishings and luxuries for awhile.

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodجَعَلَjaʿalaHe madeلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنۢmin[from]بُيُوتِكُمْbuyūtikumyour homesسَكَنًاsakanana resting place / dwelling,وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand He madeلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنminfromجُلُودِjulūdi(the) hides (of)ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmithe cattle / livestockبُيُوتًاbuyūtanhomes / tents,تَسْتَخِفُّونَهَاtastakhiffūnahā(which) you [all] find them light and easyيَوْمَyawma(on the) day (of)ظَعْنِكُمْẓaʿnikumyour travelوَيَوْمَwayawmaand (the) day (of)إِقَامَتِكُمْiqāmatikumyour encampment;وَمِنْwaminand fromأَصْوَافِهَاaṣwāfihātheir woolوَأَوْبَارِهَاwa-awbārihāand their furوَأَشْعَارِهَآwa-ashʿārihāand their hair (is)أَثَـٰثًاathāthanfurnishings / luxuriesوَمَتَـٰعًاwamatāʿanand a provisionإِلَىٰilāforحِينٍḥīnina time. ﴿٨٠﴾

[16:81] And GOD provided for you shade through things which He created, and provided for you shelters in the mountains, and provided for you garments that protect you from heat, and garments that protect when you fight in wars. He thus perfects His blessings upon you, that you may submit.

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodجَعَلَjaʿalaHe madeلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّمَّاmimmāfrom whatخَلَقَkhalaqaHe created,ظِلَـٰلًاẓilālanshadesوَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand He madeلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنَminafromٱلْجِبَالِl-jibālithe mountains,أَكْنَـٰنًاaknānansheltersوَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand He madeلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]سَرَٰبِيلَsarābīlaarmor / garmentsتَقِيكُمُtaqīkumu[it] to protect you [all]ٱلْحَرَّl-ḥara(from) the heatوَسَرَٰبِيلَwasarābīlaand armor / garmentsتَقِيكُمtaqīkum[it] to protect you [all]بَأْسَكُمْbasakumyour war.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusيُتِمُّyutimmuHe completesنِعْمَتَهُۥniʿ'matahuHis favors / blessingsعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتُسْلِمُونَtus'limūna[you all] submit. ﴿٨١﴾

[16:82] If they still turn away, then your sole mission is the clear delivery (of the message).

فَإِنfa-inThen, ifتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turned awayفَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen onlyعَلَيْكَʿalaykaupon you (is)ٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghuthe deliveryٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuthe clear. ﴿٨٢﴾

[16:83] They fully recognize GOD's blessings, then deny them; the majority of them are disbelievers.

يَعْرِفُونَyaʿrifūnaThey recognizeنِعْمَتَniʿ'mata(the) favors / blessingsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God;ثُمَّthummathenيُنكِرُونَهَاyunkirūnahāthey unrecognized / deny it.وَأَكْثَرُهُمُwa-aktharuhumuAnd most of them (are)ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūna[the] disbelievers. ﴿٨٣﴾

[16:84] The day will come when we raise from every community a witness, then those who disbelieved will not be permitted (to speak), nor will they be excused.

وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Dayنَبْعَثُnabʿathuwe will resurrectمِنminfromكُلِّkullieveryأُمَّةٍummatincommunityشَهِيدًاshahīdana witness,ثُمَّthummathenلَاlānotيُؤْذَنُyu'dhanuit will be permittedلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيُسْتَعْتَبُونَyus'taʿtabūna[they] will be allowed to make amends / be excused. ﴿٨٤﴾

[16:85] Once those who transgressed see the retribution, it will be too late; it will not be commuted for them, nor will they be respited.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenرَءَاraā[he] sawٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] wronged / transgressedٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe retribution,فَلَاfalāthen notيُخَفَّفُyukhaffafuit will be lightened / easier / commutedعَنْهُمْʿanhumfor themوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيُنظَرُونَyunẓarūna[they] will be respited / reprieved. ﴿٨٥﴾

[16:86] And when those who committed idol worship see their idols, they will say, "Our Lord, these are the idols we had set up beside You." The idols will then confront them and say, "You are liars."

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenرَءَاraā[he] (will) seeٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأَشْرَكُوا۟ashrakū[they] associated partners (with God)شُرَكَآءَهُمْshurakāahumtheir partners / idolsقَالُوا۟qālūthey said,رَبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lord,هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese (are)شُرَكَآؤُنَاshurakāunāour partners / idolsٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomكُنَّاkunnāwe used toنَدْعُوا۟nadʿūwe worship / invokeمِنminfromدُونِكَdūnikabesides You."فَأَلْقَوْا۟fa-alqawBut they (will be) directed / offeredإِلَيْهِمُilayhimuto themٱلْقَوْلَl-qawla[the] word,إِنَّكُمْinnakum"Indeed, you [all]لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūnasurely are liars." ﴿٨٦﴾

[16:87] They will totally submit to GOD on that day, and the idols they had invented will disown them.

وَأَلْقَوْا۟wa-alqawAnd they (will) directed / offeredإِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiGodيَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhin(on) that Dayٱلسَّلَمَl-salamathe submission,وَضَلَّwaḍallaand it (will be) lost / abandoned / disownedعَنْهُمʿanhumfrom themمَّاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna[they] fabricate. ﴿٨٧﴾

[16:88] Those who disbelieve and repel from the path of GOD, we augment their retribution by adding more retribution, due to their transgressions.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(And) those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedوَصَدُّوا۟waṣaddūand they hindered / repelledعَنʿanfromسَبِيلِsabīli(the) pathٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,زِدْنَـٰهُمْzid'nāhumwe increased themعَذَابًاʿadhāban(in) retributionفَوْقَfawqaoverٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi[the] retributionبِمَاbimābecauseكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيُفْسِدُونَyuf'sidūna[they] spread corruption. ﴿٨٨﴾

[16:89] The day will come when we will raise from every community a witness from among them, and bring you as the witness of these people. We have revealed to you this book to provide explanations for everything, and guidance, and mercy, and good news for the submitters.

وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Dayنَبْعَثُnabʿathuwe will resurrectفِىfī(from) amongكُلِّkullieveryأُمَّةٍummatincommunityشَهِيدًاshahīdana witnessعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover themمِّنْminfromأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves.وَجِئْنَاwaji'nāAnd we broughtبِكَbika[of] youشَهِيدًاshahīdan(as) a witnessعَلَىٰʿalāoverهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese.وَنَزَّلْنَاwanazzalnāAnd we sent down / revealedعَلَيْكَʿalaykato youٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe bookتِبْيَـٰنًاtib'yānan(as) a clarification / explanationلِّكُلِّlikullifor everyشَىْءٍshayinthingوَهُدًىwahudanand a guidanceوَرَحْمَةًwaraḥmatanand mercyوَبُشْرَىٰwabush'rāand good newsلِلْمُسْلِمِينَlil'mus'limīnafor the submitters. ﴿٨٩﴾

[16:90] GOD advocates justice, charity, and regarding the relatives. And He forbids evil, vice, and transgression. He enlightens you, that you may take heed.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَأْمُرُyamuruHe commands / advocatesبِٱلْعَدْلِbil-ʿadlifor the justiceوَٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِwal-iḥ'sāniand the good,وَإِيتَآئِwaītāiand giving (to)ذِىdhī[possessor of]ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bāthe near of kin / relatives,وَيَنْهَىٰwayanhāand He forbidsعَنِʿanifromٱلْفَحْشَآءِl-faḥshāithe immoralities / evilsوَٱلْمُنكَرِwal-munkariand the wrong / immorality / disapproved / viceوَٱلْبَغْىِwal-baghyiand the oppression / injustice / transgression.يَعِظُكُمْyaʿiẓukumHe admonishes / enlightens you [all]لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūna[you all] take heed. ﴿٩٠﴾

[16:91] You shall fulfill your covenant with GOD when you make such a covenant. You shall not violate the oaths after swearing (by GOD) to carry them out, for you have made GOD a guarantor for you. GOD knows everything you do.

وَأَوْفُوا۟wa-awfūAnd fulfill [you all]بِعَهْدِbiʿahdiin (the) covenantٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godإِذَاidhāwhenعَـٰهَدتُّمْʿāhadttumyou [all] made a covenantوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَنقُضُوا۟tanquḍū[you all] violateٱلْأَيْمَـٰنَl-aymāna[the] oathsبَعْدَbaʿdaafterتَوْكِيدِهَاtawkīdihāyou confirmed itوَقَدْwaqadwhile verilyجَعَلْتُمُjaʿaltumuyou [all] madeٱللَّهَl-lahaGodعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you [all]كَفِيلًاkafīlana guarantor.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَعْلَمُyaʿlamu[He] knowsمَاmāwhatتَفْعَلُونَtafʿalūnayou [all] do. ﴿٩١﴾

[16:92] Do not be like the knitter who unravels her strong knitting into piles of flimsy yarn. This is your example if you abuse the oaths to take advantage of one another. Whether one group is larger than the other, GOD thus puts you to the test. He will surely show you on the Day of Resurrection everything you had disputed.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَكُونُوا۟takūnū[you all] beكَٱلَّتِىka-allatīlike she whoنَقَضَتْnaqaḍat[she] untwisted / unravelledغَزْلَهَاghazlahāher spun yarnمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterقُوَّةٍquwwatinstrengthأَنكَـٰثًاankāthan(into) untwisted strands;تَتَّخِذُونَtattakhidhūnayou [all] takeأَيْمَـٰنَكُمْaymānakumyour oathsدَخَلًۢاdakhalanfalsely / fraudulently / deceptivelyبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you [all],أَنanbecauseتَكُونَtakūnathere isأُمَّةٌummatuna community / groupهِىَhiya[it] (is)أَرْبَىٰarbāmore numerousمِنْminthanأُمَّةٍummatin(another) community / group.إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly,يَبْلُوكُمُyablūkumu[He] tests you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِهِۦbihiby it.وَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّwalayubayyinannaAnd surely He will make clearلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrection,مَاmāwhatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toفِيهِfīhiin itتَخْتَلِفُونَtakhtalifūna[you all] differ / dispute. ﴿٩٢﴾

[16:93] Had GOD willed, He could have made you one congregation. But He sends astray whoever chooses to go astray, and He guides whoever wishes to be guided.* You will surely be asked about everything you have done.

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifشَآءَshāa[He] willedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَجَعَلَكُمْlajaʿalakumsurely He would have made you [all]أُمَّةًummatana congregationوَٰحِدَةًwāḥidatansingle / one,وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutيُضِلُّyuḍilluHe sends astrayمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsوَيَهْدِىwayahdīand He guidesمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّwalatus'alunnaAnd surely you [all] will be questionedعَمَّاʿammāabout whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna[you all] do. ﴿٩٣﴾

*16:93 God knows the sincere believers among us who deserve to be redeemed. Accordingly, He guides them, while blocking out those who choose to disbelieve.

[16:94] Do not abuse the oaths among you, lest you slide back after having a strong foothold, then you incur misery. Such is the consequence of repelling from the path of GOD (by setting a bad example); you incur a terrible retribution.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَتَّخِذُوٓا۟tattakhidhū[you all] takeأَيْمَـٰنَكُمْaymānakumyour oathsدَخَلًۢاdakhalanfalsely / fraudulently / deceptivelyبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you [all],فَتَزِلَّfatazillalest, you slip (slide back)قَدَمٌۢqadamuna foundation / footholdبَعْدَbaʿdaafterثُبُوتِهَاthubūtihāit was firmly planted,وَتَذُوقُوا۟watadhūqūand you [all] tasteٱلسُّوٓءَl-sūathe evilبِمَاbimāfor whatصَدَدتُّمْṣadadttumyou [all] hindered / repelledعَنʿanfromسَبِيلِsabīli(the) pathٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَلَكُمْwalakumand for you [all] (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat. ﴿٩٤﴾

[16:95] Do not sell your oaths before GOD short. What GOD possesses is far better for you, if you only knew.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَشْتَرُوا۟tashtarū[you all] sellبِعَهْدِbiʿahdiin (the) covenantٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ثَمَنًاthamanan(for) a priceقَلِيلًاqalīlanlittle / cheap.إِنَّمَاinnamāIndeed, what (is)عِندَʿindawithٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,هُوَhuwait (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetterلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all]إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] were toتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿٩٥﴾

[16:96] What you possess runs out, but what GOD possesses lasts forever. We will surely reward those who steadfastly persevere; we will recompense them for their righteous works.

مَاmāWhatever (is)عِندَكُمْʿindakumwith you [all]يَنفَدُyanfaduit will be exhausted,وَمَاwamāand whatever (is)عِندَʿindawithٱللَّهِl-lahiGodبَاقٍbāqinremains.وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّwalanajziyannaAnd surely we will payٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoصَبَرُوٓا۟ṣabarūthey were patient / steadfastأَجْرَهُمajrahumtheir rewardبِأَحْسَنِbi-aḥsaniwith (the) bestمَاmā(of) whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿٩٦﴾

[16:97] Anyone who works righteousness, male or female, while believing, we will surely grant them a happy life in this world, and we will surely pay them their full recompense (on the Day of Judgment) for their righteous works.

مَنْmanWhoeverعَمِلَʿamila[he] didصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanrighteous (deeds)مِّنminwhetherذَكَرٍdhakarinmaleأَوْaworأُنثَىٰunthāfemaleوَهُوَwahuwawhile he (is)مُؤْمِنٌmu'minuna believer,فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُۥfalanuḥ'yiyannahuthen surely we will give him life,حَيَوٰةًḥayatana lifeطَيِّبَةًṭayyibatangood,وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْwalanajziyannahumand surely we will pay themأَجْرَهُمajrahumtheir rewardبِأَحْسَنِbi-aḥsani with (the) bestمَاmā(of) whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿٩٧﴾

[16:98] When you read the Quran, you shall seek refuge in GOD from Satan the rejected.

فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo whenقَرَأْتَqaratayou recited / readٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran,فَٱسْتَعِذْfa-is'taʿidhthen seek refugeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godمِنَminafromٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭāni[the] Satan,ٱلرَّجِيمِl-rajīmithe rejected. ﴿٩٨﴾

*16:98 Our salvation is attained by knowing God's message to us, the Quran, and Satan will do his utmost to keep us from being redeemed. Hence this commandment.

[16:99] He has no power over those who believe and trust in their Lord.

إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed he,لَيْسَlaysanotلَهُۥlahufor him (is)سُلْطَـٰنٌsul'ṭānunauthority / powerعَلَىʿalāoverٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedوَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand inرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lordيَتَوَكَّلُونَyatawakkalūnathey put (their) trust. ﴿٩٩﴾

[16:100] His power is limited to those who choose him as their master; those who choose him as their god.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyسُلْطَـٰنُهُۥsul'ṭānuhuhis authority / powerعَلَىʿalā(is) overٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَتَوَلَّوْنَهُۥyatawallawnahuthey take him as an ally / masterوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoهُمhum[they]بِهِۦbihiwith himمُشْرِكُونَmush'rikūnaones who associate partners. ﴿١٠٠﴾

[16:101] When we substitute one revelation in place of another, and GOD is fully aware of what He reveals, they say, "You made this up!" Indeed, most of them do not know.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenبَدَّلْنَآbaddalnāwe substitutedءَايَةًāyatana sign / revelationمَّكَانَmakāna(in) place (of)ءَايَةٍāyatina sign / revelation,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand God (is)أَعْلَمُaʿlamufully aware / knows bestبِمَاbimāof whatيُنَزِّلُyunazziluHe sends down / revealsقَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,إِنَّمَآinnamā"Onlyأَنتَantayou (are)مُفْتَرٍۭmuf'tarina fabricator / innovator."بَلْbalNay,أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of themلَاlā(do) notيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿١٠١﴾

[16:102] Say, "The Holy Spirit has brought it down from your Lord, truthfully, to assure those who believe, and to provide a beacon and good news for the submitters."

قُلْqulSay,نَزَّلَهُۥnazzalahu"[He] brought it downرُوحُrūḥuSpiritٱلْقُدُسِl-qudusithe Holyمِنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lordبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth (*truthfully),لِيُثَبِّتَliyuthabbitathat He may strengthen / assureٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedوَهُدًىwahudanand a guidance / beaconوَبُشْرَىٰwabush'rāand good newsلِلْمُسْلِمِينَlil'mus'limīnafor the submitters." ﴿١٠٢﴾

[16:103] We are fully aware that they say, "A human being is teaching him!" The tongue of the source they hint at is non-Arabic, and this is a perfect Arabic tongue.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyنَعْلَمُnaʿlamuwe knowأَنَّهُمْannahumthat theyيَقُولُونَyaqūlūna[they] say,إِنَّمَاinnamā"Onlyيُعَلِّمُهُۥyuʿallimuhu[he] teaches himبَشَرٌbasharuna human being."لِّسَانُlisānu(The) tongue (of)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichيُلْحِدُونَyul'ḥidūnathey alludeإِلَيْهِilayhito it (is)أَعْجَمِىٌّaʿjamiyyunforeignوَهَـٰذَاwahādhāwhile this (is)لِسَانٌlisānuna tongue / languageعَرَبِىٌّʿarabiyyunArabicمُّبِينٌmubīnunclear / perfect. ﴿١٠٣﴾

[16:104] Surely, those who do not believe in GOD's revelations, GOD does not guide them. They have incurred a painful retribution.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believeبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) verses / revelationsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,لَاlānotيَهْدِيهِمُyahdīhimu[He] guides themٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful. ﴿١٠٤﴾

[16:105] The only ones who fabricate false doctrines are those who do not believe in GOD's revelations; they are the real liars.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyيَفْتَرِىyaftarī[he] fabricatedٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe falsehoodٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believeبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) verses / revelationsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaand thoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْكَـٰذِبُونَl-kādhibūnathe liars. ﴿١٠٥﴾

[16:106] Those who disbelieve in GOD, after having acquired faith, and become fully content with disbelief, have incurred wrath from GOD. The only ones to be excused are those who are forced to profess disbelief, while their hearts are full of faith.*

مَنmanWhoeverكَفَرَkafara[he] disbelievedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterإِيمَـٰنِهِۦٓīmānihihis faith / belief,إِلَّاillāexceptمَنْman(one) whoأُكْرِهَuk'rihahe was forcedوَقَلْبُهُۥwaqalbuhuwhile his heartمُطْمَئِنٌّۢmuṭ'ma-innunone which is contentبِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِbil-īmāniwith the faith.وَلَـٰكِنwalākinButمَّنman(one) whoشَرَحَsharaḥa[he] expandedبِٱلْكُفْرِbil-kuf'rito [the] disbeliefصَدْرًاṣadran(his) heart,فَعَلَيْهِمْfaʿalayhimthen upon them (is)غَضَبٌghaḍabun(the) wrathمِّنَminaofٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَلَهُمْwalahumand for them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat. ﴿١٠٦﴾

*16:106 God's wisdom decrees that if someone holds a gun to your head and orders you to declare that you disbelieve in God, you may grant him his wish. What the heart harbors is what counts.

[16:107] This is because they have given priority to this life over the Hereafter, and GOD does not guide such disbelieving people.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)بِأَنَّهُمُbi-annahumubecause theyٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟is'taḥabbūthey preferredٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldعَلَىʿalāoverٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterوَأَنَّwa-annaand thatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيَهْدِىyahdī[He] guidesٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe peopleٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers. ﴿١٠٧﴾

[16:108] Those are the ones whom GOD has sealed their hearts, and their hearing, and their eyesight. Consequently, they remain unaware.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whomطَبَعَṭabaʿa[He] placed a sealٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَىٰʿalāoverقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir heartsوَسَمْعِهِمْwasamʿihimand their hearingوَأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْwa-abṣārihimand their sight.وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd thoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَl-ghāfilūnathe heedless / unaware [ones]. ﴿١٠٨﴾

[16:109] Without a doubt, they will be the losers in the Hereafter.

لَاlāNoجَرَمَjaramadoubtأَنَّهُمْannahumthat theyفِىfīinٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūnathe losers. ﴿١٠٩﴾

[16:110] As for those who emigrate because of persecution, then continue to strive and steadfastly persevere, your Lord, because of all this, is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

ثُمَّthummaThenإِنَّinnaindeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord,لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those whoهَاجَرُوا۟hājarūthey emigratedمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmāthatفُتِنُوا۟futinūthey were put on trial / persecutedثُمَّthummathenجَـٰهَدُوا۟jāhadūthey strove hardوَصَبَرُوٓا۟waṣabarūand they were patient / steadfast.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord,مِنۢminfromبَعْدِهَاbaʿdihāafter it (is)لَغَفُورٌlaghafūrunsurely Forgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١١٠﴾

[16:111] The day will come when every soul will serve as its own advocate, and every soul will be paid fully for whatever it had done, without the least injustice.

يَوْمَyawma(On the) Dayتَأْتِىtatī(when) [it] will comeكُلُّkullueveryنَفْسٍnafsinsoulتُجَـٰدِلُtujādiluit arguing / advocatingعَنʿanforنَّفْسِهَاnafsihāitself,وَتُوَفَّىٰwatuwaffāand [it] will be paid in fullكُلُّkullueveryنَفْسٍnafsinsoulمَّاmāwhatعَمِلَتْʿamilatit didوَهُمْwahumand theyلَاlā(will) notيُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūna[they] be wronged / suffer injustice. ﴿١١١﴾

[16:112] GOD cites the example of a community that used to be secure and prosperous, with provisions coming to it from everywhere. But then, it turned unappreciative of GOD's blessings. Consequently, GOD caused them to taste the hardships of starvation and insecurity. Such is the requital for what they did.

وَضَرَبَwaḍarabaAnd [He] set forth / citedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَثَلًاmathalanan example (of)قَرْيَةًqaryatana town / communityكَانَتْkānatit wasءَامِنَةًāminatansecureمُّطْمَئِنَّةًmuṭ'ma-innatana place of contentment,يَأْتِيهَاyatīhāit comes to itرِزْقُهَاriz'quhāits provisionرَغَدًاraghadanfreely and abundantly without toilمِّنminfromكُلِّkullieveryمَكَانٍmakāninplace,فَكَفَرَتْfakafaratbut it denied / unappreciatedبِأَنْعُمِbi-anʿumi[in] (the) blessingٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.فَأَذَٰقَهَاfa-adhāqahāso [He] made it taste,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,لِبَاسَlibāsa(the) clothing* (of)ٱلْجُوعِl-jūʿithe hunger (*extreme hunger; hunger that one feels on every side like clothing) وَٱلْخَوْفِwal-khawfiand the fear / insecurityبِمَاbimāfor whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَصْنَعُونَyaṣnaʿūna[they] do. ﴿١١٢﴾

[16:113] A messenger had gone to them from among them, but they rejected him. Consequently, the retribution struck them for their transgression.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyجَآءَهُمْjāahum[he] came to themرَسُولٌrasūluna messengerمِّنْهُمْmin'humfrom (among) themفَكَذَّبُوهُfakadhabūhubut they denied / rejected him;فَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumuso [it] seized / struck themٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe retributionوَهُمْwahumwhile they (were)ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūnawrongdoers / transgressors. ﴿١١٣﴾

[16:114] Therefore, you shall eat from GOD's provisions everything that is lawful and good, and be appreciative of GOD's blessings, if you do worship Him alone.

فَكُلُوا۟fakulūSo eat [you all]مِمَّاmimmāof whatرَزَقَكُمُrazaqakumuHe provided you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodحَلَـٰلًاḥalālanlawfulطَيِّبًاṭayyiban(and) good.وَٱشْكُرُوا۟wa-ush'kurūAnd be appreciative [you all]نِعْمَتَniʿ'mata(for the) favors / blessingsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] doإِيَّاهُiyyāhuHim aloneتَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou [all] worship. ﴿١١٤﴾

[16:115] He only prohibits for you dead animals, blood, the meat of pigs,* and food which is dedicated to other than GOD. If one is forced (to eat these), without being deliberate or malicious, then GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyحَرَّمَḥarramaHe forbid / prohibitedعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumufor you [all]ٱلْمَيْتَةَl-maytatathe dead (animals) / carrion,وَٱلدَّمَwal-damaand the blood,وَلَحْمَwalaḥmaand the meat (of)ٱلْخِنزِيرِl-khinzīrithe swine / pig,وَمَآwamāand whatأُهِلَّuhillait was dedicated at the time of slaughterلِغَيْرِlighayrito other thanٱللَّهِl-lahiGodبِهِۦbihithereby.فَمَنِfamaniBut whoever (is)ٱضْطُرَّuḍ'ṭurraforced by necessityغَيْرَghayrawithout (being)بَاغٍbāghindisobedient,وَلَاwalāand notعَادٍʿādina transgressorفَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١١٥﴾

*16:115 & 118 The most devastating trichinosis parasite, Trichinella spiralis, (also the pork tapeworm Taenia solium) survives in the meat of pigs, not the fat. More than 150,000 people are infected annually in the United States. See 6:145-146, and Appendix 16.

[16:116] You shall not utter lies with your own tongues stating: "This is lawful, and this is unlawful," to fabricate lies and attribute them to GOD. Surely, those who fabricate lies and attribute them to GOD will never succeed.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَقُولُوا۟taqūlū[you all] sayلِمَاlimāfor that whichتَصِفُtaṣifu[it] asserts / uttersأَلْسِنَتُكُمُalsinatukumuyour tongues,ٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lie,هَـٰذَاhādhā"This (is)حَلَـٰلٌḥalālunlawfulوَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand this (is)حَرَامٌḥarāmununlawful / prohibited,"لِّتَفْتَرُوا۟litaftarūso that you [all] may fabricateعَلَىʿalāaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lie.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna[they] fabricateعَلَىʿalāaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lie,لَاlānotيُفْلِحُونَyuf'liḥūnathey succeed. ﴿١١٦﴾

[16:117] They enjoy briefly, then suffer painful retribution.

مَتَـٰعٌmatāʿunAn enjoymentقَلِيلٌqalīlunlittleوَلَهُمْwalahumand for them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful. ﴿١١٧﴾

[16:118] For the Jews, we prohibited what we narrated to you previously.* It was not us who wronged them; they are the ones who wronged their own souls.

وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd toٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoهَادُوا۟hādūthey were Jewishحَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāwe prohibitedمَاmāwhatقَصَصْنَاqaṣaṣnāwe mentioned / narratedعَلَيْكَʿalaykato youمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore.وَمَاwamāAnd notظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْẓalamnāhumwe wronged themوَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutكَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were (to)أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their own soulsيَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna[they] do wrong. ﴿١١٨﴾

[16:119] Yet, as regards those who fall in sin out of ignorance then repent thereafter and reform, your Lord, after this is done, is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

ثُمَّthummaThenإِنَّinnaindeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord,لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those whoعَمِلُوا۟ʿamilū[they] didٱلسُّوٓءَl-sūa[the] evilبِجَهَـٰلَةٍbijahālatinin ignorance,ثُمَّthummathenتَابُوا۟tābūthey repentedمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterذَٰلِكَdhālikathat,وَأَصْلَحُوٓا۟wa-aṣlaḥūand they reformedإِنَّinnaindeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord,مِنۢminfromبَعْدِهَاbaʿdihāafter that (is)لَغَفُورٌlaghafūrunsurely Forgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١١٩﴾

[16:120] Abraham was indeed an exemplary vanguard in his submission to GOD, a monotheist who never worshiped idols.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamكَانَkāna[he] wasأُمَّةًummatana vanguardقَانِتًاqānitandevout / obedient oneلِّلَّهِlillahito Godحَنِيفًاḥanīfanmonotheist,وَلَمْwalamand notيَكُyakuhe beمِنَminaamongٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipers. ﴿١٢٠﴾

[16:121] Because he was appreciative of His Lord's blessings, He chose him and guided him in a straight path.

شَاكِرًاshākiranAppreciativeلِّأَنْعُمِهِli-anʿumihifor His blessing.ٱجْتَبَىٰهُij'tabāhuHe chose himوَهَدَىٰهُwahadāhuand He guided himإِلَىٰilātoصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭin(the) pathمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīminstraight. ﴿١٢١﴾

[16:122] We granted him happiness in this life, and in the Hereafter he will be with the righteous.

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُwaātaynāhuAnd we gave himفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldحَسَنَةًḥasanatangood,وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuand indeed, heفِىfīinٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterلَمِنَlamina(he will be) surely amongٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿١٢٢﴾

[16:123] Then we inspired you (Muhammad) to follow the religion of Abraham,* the monotheist; he never was an idol worshiper.

ثُمَّthummaThenأَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāwe revealed / inspiredإِلَيْكَilaykato you,أَنِani[that]ٱتَّبِعْittabiʿ"followمِلَّةَmillata(the) religion (of)إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbraham;حَنِيفًاḥanīfanmonotheism;وَمَاwamāand notكَانَkānahe wasمِنَminaofٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipers." ﴿١٢٣﴾

*16:123 This informs us that all religious practices, which came to us through Abraham, were intact at the time of Muhammad (see 22:78 and Appendix 9).

[16:124] The Sabbath was decreed only for those who ended up disputing it (Jews & Christians). Your Lord is the One who will judge them on the Day of Resurrection regarding their disputes.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyجُعِلَjuʿila[it] was appointedٱلسَّبْتُl-sabtuthe Sabbathعَلَىʿalāforٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūthey differed / disputedفِيهِfīhiin it.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lordلَيَحْكُمُlayaḥkumusurely He judgesبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween themيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrectionفِيمَاfīmāin whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toفِيهِfīhi[in it]يَخْتَلِفُونَyakhtalifūnathey differ / dispute. ﴿١٢٤﴾

[16:125] You shall invite to the path of your Lord with wisdom and kind enlightenment, and debate with them in the best possible manner. Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best who are the guided ones.

ٱدْعُud'ʿuInviteإِلَىٰilātoسَبِيلِsabīli(the) pathرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lordبِٱلْحِكْمَةِbil-ḥik'matiwith the wisdomوَٱلْمَوْعِظَةِwal-mawʿiẓatiand the enlightenmentٱلْحَسَنَةِl-ḥasanatithe good / kind,وَجَـٰدِلْهُمwajādil'humand debate with themبِٱلَّتِىbi-allatīby whichهِىَhiyait (is)أَحْسَنُaḥsanubest.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord,هُوَhuwaHeأَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows bestبِمَنbimanof whoضَلَّḍalla[he] strayedعَنʿanfromسَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiHis path,وَهُوَwahuwaAnd Heأَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows bestبِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَbil-muh'tadīnaof the guided ones. ﴿١٢٥﴾

[16:126] And if you punish, you shall inflict an equivalent punishment. But if you resort to patience (instead of revenge), it would be better for the patient ones.

وَإِنْwa-inAnd ifعَاقَبْتُمْʿāqabtumyou [all] retaliate,فَعَاقِبُوا۟faʿāqibūthen retaliate [you all]بِمِثْلِbimith'liwith the like (of)مَاmāwhatعُوقِبْتُمʿūqib'tumyou [all] were afflictedبِهِۦbihiwith [it].وَلَئِنwala-inBut surely ifصَبَرْتُمْṣabartumyou [all] are patient,لَهُوَlahuwasurely it (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetterلِّلصَّـٰبِرِينَlilṣṣābirīnafor the patient ones. ﴿١٢٦﴾

[16:127] You shall resort to patience - and your patience is attainable only with GOD's help. Do not grieve over them, and do not be annoyed by their schemes.

وَٱصْبِرْwa-iṣ'birAnd be patientوَمَاwamāand not (is)صَبْرُكَṣabrukayour patienceإِلَّاillābutبِٱللَّهِbil-lahifrom God.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَحْزَنْtaḥzan[you] grieveعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover themوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَكُtakuyou beفِىfīinضَيْقٍḍayqinannoyanceمِّمَّاmimmāfor whatيَمْكُرُونَyamkurūnathey plot / scheme. ﴿١٢٧﴾

[16:128] GOD is with those who lead a righteous life, and those who are charitable.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)مَعَmaʿawithٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱتَّقَوا۟ittaqawthey led a righteous lifeوَّٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoهُمhumthey (are)مُّحْسِنُونَmuḥ'sinūnagood-doers / charitable [ones]. ﴿١٢٨﴾

Sura 16: Al-Nahl (The Bee) النّحل

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