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

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

بِسْمِbis'miٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmi

[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.

أَتَىٰٓatāأَمْرُamruٱللَّهِl-lahiفَلَاfalāتَسْتَعْجِلُوهُtastaʿjilūhuسُبْحَـٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahuوَتَعَـٰلَىٰwataʿālāعَمَّاʿammāيُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūna ﴿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."

يُنَزِّلُyunazziluٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikataبِٱلرُّوحِbil-rūḥiمِنْminأَمْرِهِۦamrihiعَلَىٰʿalāمَنmanيَشَآءُyashāuمِنْminعِبَادِهِۦٓʿibādihiأَنْanأَنذِرُوٓا۟andhirūأَنَّهُۥannahuلَآlāإِلَـٰهَilāhaإِلَّآillāأَنَا۠anāفَٱتَّقُونِfa-ittaqūni ﴿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.

خَلَقَkhalaqaٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiتَعَـٰلَىٰtaʿālāعَمَّاʿammāيُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūna ﴿٣﴾

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

خَلَقَkhalaqaٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānaمِنminنُّطْفَةٍnuṭ'fatinفَإِذَاfa-idhāهُوَhuwaخَصِيمٌkhaṣīmunمُّبِينٌmubīnun ﴿٤﴾

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

وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمَwal-anʿāmaخَلَقَهَاkhalaqahāلَكُمْlakumفِيهَاfīhāدِفْءٌdif'onوَمَنَـٰفِعُwamanāfiʿuوَمِنْهَاwamin'hāتَأْكُلُونَtakulūna ﴿٥﴾

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

وَلَكُمْwalakumفِيهَاfīhāجَمَالٌjamālunحِينَḥīnaتُرِيحُونَturīḥūnaوَحِينَwaḥīnaتَسْرَحُونَtasraḥūna ﴿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.

وَتَحْمِلُwataḥmiluأَثْقَالَكُمْathqālakumإِلَىٰilāبَلَدٍbaladinلَّمْlamتَكُونُوا۟takūnūبَـٰلِغِيهِbālighīhiإِلَّاillāبِشِقِّbishiqqiٱلْأَنفُسِl-anfusiإِنَّinnaرَبَّكُمْrabbakumلَرَءُوفٌlaraūfunرَّحِيمٌraḥīmun ﴿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-khaylaوَٱلْبِغَالَwal-bighālaوَٱلْحَمِيرَwal-ḥamīraلِتَرْكَبُوهَاlitarkabūhāوَزِينَةًwazīnatanوَيَخْلُقُwayakhluquمَاmāلَاlāتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna ﴿٨﴾

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

وَعَلَىwaʿalāٱللَّهِl-lahiقَصْدُqaṣduٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīliوَمِنْهَاwamin'hāجَآئِرٌjāirunوَلَوْwalawشَآءَshāaلَهَدَىٰكُمْlahadākumأَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīna ﴿٩﴾

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

هُوَhuwaٱلَّذِىٓalladhīأَنزَلَanzalaمِنَminaٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāiمَآءًmāanلَّكُمlakumمِّنْهُmin'huشَرَابٌsharābunوَمِنْهُwamin'huشَجَرٌshajarunفِيهِfīhiتُسِيمُونَtusīmūna ﴿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.

يُنۢبِتُyunbituلَكُمlakumبِهِbihiٱلزَّرْعَl-zarʿaوَٱلزَّيْتُونَwal-zaytūnaوَٱلنَّخِيلَwal-nakhīlaوَٱلْأَعْنَـٰبَwal-aʿnābaوَمِنwaminكُلِّkulliٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarātiإِنَّinnaفِىfīذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَـَٔايَةًlaāyatanلِّقَوْمٍliqawminيَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūna ﴿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.

وَسَخَّرَwasakharaلَكُمُlakumuٱلَّيْلَal-laylaوَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraوَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsaوَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraوَٱلنُّجُومُwal-nujūmuمُسَخَّرَٰتٌۢmusakharātunبِأَمْرِهِۦٓbi-amrihiإِنَّinnaفِىfīذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَـَٔايَـٰتٍlaāyātinلِّقَوْمٍliqawminيَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna ﴿١٢﴾

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

وَمَاwamāذَرَأَdhara-aلَكُمْlakumفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiمُخْتَلِفًاmukh'talifanأَلْوَٰنُهُۥٓalwānuhuإِنَّinnaفِىfīذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَـَٔايَةًlaāyatanلِّقَوْمٍliqawminيَذَّكَّرُونَyadhakkarūna ﴿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.

وَهُوَwahuwaٱلَّذِىalladhīسَخَّرَsakharaٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥraلِتَأْكُلُوا۟litakulūمِنْهُmin'huلَحْمًاlaḥmanطَرِيًّاṭariyyanوَتَسْتَخْرِجُوا۟watastakhrijūمِنْهُmin'huحِلْيَةًḥil'yatanتَلْبَسُونَهَاtalbasūnahāوَتَرَىwatarāٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kaمَوَاخِرَmawākhiraفِيهِfīhiوَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟walitabtaghūمِنminفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiوَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumتَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna ﴿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-alqāفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiرَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyaأَنanتَمِيدَtamīdaبِكُمْbikumوَأَنْهَـٰرًاwa-anhāranوَسُبُلًاwasubulanلَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumتَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna ﴿١٥﴾

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

وَعَلَـٰمَـٰتٍwaʿalāmātinوَبِٱلنَّجْمِwabil-najmiهُمْhumيَهْتَدُونَyahtadūna ﴿١٦﴾

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

أَفَمَنafamanيَخْلُقُyakhluquكَمَنkamanلَّاlāيَخْلُقُyakhluquأَفَلَاafalāتَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūna ﴿١٧﴾

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

وَإِنwa-inتَعُدُّوا۟taʿuddūنِعْمَةَniʿ'mataٱللَّهِl-lahiلَاlāتُحْصُوهَآtuḥ'ṣūhāإِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaلَغَفُورٌlaghafūrunرَّحِيمٌraḥīmun ﴿١٨﴾

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

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuمَاmāتُسِرُّونَtusirrūnaوَمَاwamāتُعْلِنُونَtuʿ'linūna ﴿١٩﴾

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

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaيَدْعُونَyadʿūnaمِنminدُونِdūniٱللَّهِl-lahiلَاlāيَخْلُقُونَyakhluqūnaشَيْـًٔاshayanوَهُمْwahumيُخْلَقُونَyukh'laqūna ﴿٢٠﴾

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

أَمْوَٰتٌamwātunغَيْرُghayruأَحْيَآءٍaḥyāinوَمَاwamāيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaأَيَّانَayyānaيُبْعَثُونَyub'ʿathūna ﴿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.

إِلَـٰهُكُمْilāhukumإِلَـٰهٌilāhunوَٰحِدٌwāḥidunفَٱلَّذِينَfa-alladhīnaلَاlāيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnaبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiقُلُوبُهُمqulūbuhumمُّنكِرَةٌmunkiratunوَهُمwahumمُّسْتَكْبِرُونَmus'takbirūna ﴿٢٢﴾

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

لَاlāجَرَمَjaramaأَنَّannaٱللَّهَl-lahaيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuمَاmāيُسِرُّونَyusirrūnaوَمَاwamāيُعْلِنُونَyuʿ'linūnaإِنَّهُۥinnahuلَاlāيُحِبُّyuḥibbuٱلْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَl-mus'takbirīna ﴿٢٣﴾

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

وَإِذَاwa-idhāقِيلَqīlaلَهُمlahumمَّاذَآmādhāأَنزَلَanzalaرَبُّكُمْrabbukumقَالُوٓا۟qālūأَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīruٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna ﴿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!

لِيَحْمِلُوٓا۟liyaḥmilūأَوْزَارَهُمْawzārahumكَامِلَةًkāmilatanيَوْمَyawmaٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatiوَمِنْwaminأَوْزَارِawzāriٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaيُضِلُّونَهُمyuḍillūnahumبِغَيْرِbighayriعِلْمٍʿil'minأَلَاalāسَآءَsāaمَاmāيَزِرُونَyazirūna ﴿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.

قَدْqadمَكَرَmakaraٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaمِنminقَبْلِهِمْqablihimفَأَتَىfa-atāٱللَّهُl-lahuبُنْيَـٰنَهُمbun'yānahumمِّنَminaٱلْقَوَاعِدِl-qawāʿidiفَخَرَّfakharraعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuٱلسَّقْفُl-saqfuمِنminفَوْقِهِمْfawqihimوَأَتَىٰهُمُwa-atāhumuٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuمِنْminحَيْثُḥaythuلَاlāيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna ﴿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."

ثُمَّthummaيَوْمَyawmaٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatiيُخْزِيهِمْyukh'zīhimوَيَقُولُwayaqūluأَيْنَaynaشُرَكَآءِىَshurakāiyaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكُنتُمْkuntumتُشَـٰٓقُّونَtushāqqūnaفِيهِمْfīhimقَالَqālaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaأُوتُوا۟ūtūٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'maإِنَّinnaٱلْخِزْىَl-khiz'yaٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaوَٱلسُّوٓءَwal-sūaعَلَىʿalāٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna ﴿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.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaتَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُtatawaffāhumuٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuظَالِمِىٓẓālimīأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimفَأَلْقَوُا۟fa-alqawūٱلسَّلَمَl-salamaمَاmāكُنَّاkunnāنَعْمَلُnaʿmaluمِنminسُوٓءٍۭsūinبَلَىٰٓbalāإِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaعَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunبِمَاbimāكُنتُمْkuntumتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna ﴿٢٨﴾

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

فَٱدْخُلُوٓا۟fa-ud'khulūأَبْوَٰبَabwābaجَهَنَّمَjahannamaخَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnaفِيهَاfīhāفَلَبِئْسَfalabi'saمَثْوَىmathwāٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَl-mutakabirīna ﴿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.

وَقِيلَwaqīlaلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaٱتَّقَوْا۟ittaqawمَاذَآmādhāأَنزَلَanzalaرَبُّكُمْrabbukumقَالُوا۟qālūخَيْرًاkhayranلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnaأَحْسَنُوا۟aḥsanūفِىfīهَـٰذِهِhādhihiٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāحَسَنَةٌḥasanatunوَلَدَارُwaladāruٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratiخَيْرٌkhayrunوَلَنِعْمَwalaniʿ'maدَارُdāruٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīna ﴿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.

جَنَّـٰتُjannātuعَدْنٍʿadninيَدْخُلُونَهَاyadkhulūnahāتَجْرِىtajrīمِنminتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruلَهُمْlahumفِيهَاfīhāمَاmāيَشَآءُونَyashāūnaكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaيَجْزِىyajzīٱللَّهُl-lahuٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīna ﴿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."*

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaتَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُtatawaffāhumuٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuطَيِّبِينَṭayyibīnaيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnaسَلَـٰمٌsalāmunعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūٱلْجَنَّةَl-janataبِمَاbimāكُنتُمْkuntumتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna ﴿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.

هَلْhalأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumيَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnaيَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnaإِلَّآillāأَنanتَأْتِيَهُمُtatiyahumuٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuأَوْawيَأْتِىَyatiyaأَمْرُamruرَبِّكَrabbikaكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaفَعَلَfaʿalaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaمِنminقَبْلِهِمْqablihimوَمَاwamāظَلَمَهُمُẓalamahumuٱللَّهُl-lahuوَلَـٰكِنwalākinكَانُوٓا۟kānū ﴿٣٣﴾

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

فَأَصَابَهُمْfa-aṣābahumسَيِّـَٔاتُsayyiātuمَاmāعَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūوَحَاقَwaḥāqaبِهِمbihimمَّاmāكَانُوا۟kānūبِهِۦbihiيَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna ﴿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?

وَقَالَwaqālaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaأَشْرَكُوا۟ashrakūلَوْlawشَآءَshāaٱللَّهُl-lahuمَاmāعَبَدْنَاʿabadnāمِنminدُونِهِۦdūnihiمِنminشَىْءٍshayinنَّحْنُnaḥnuوَلَآwalāءَابَآؤُنَاābāunāوَلَاwalāحَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāمِنminدُونِهِۦdūnihiمِنminشَىْءٍshayinكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaفَعَلَfaʿalaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaمِنminقَبْلِهِمْqablihimفَهَلْfahalعَلَىʿalāٱلرُّسُلِl-rusuliإِلَّاillāٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghuٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnu ﴿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.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadبَعَثْنَاbaʿathnāفِىfīكُلِّkulliأُمَّةٍummatinرَّسُولًاrasūlanأَنِaniٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūٱللَّهَl-lahaوَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟wa-ij'tanibūٱلطَّـٰغُوتَl-ṭāghūtaفَمِنْهُمfamin'humمَّنْmanهَدَىhadāٱللَّهُl-lahuوَمِنْهُمwamin'humمَّنْmanحَقَّتْḥaqqatعَلَيْهِʿalayhiٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُl-ḍalālatuفَسِيرُوا۟fasīrūفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiفَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurūكَيْفَkayfaكَانَkānaعَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatuٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīna ﴿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.

لَهُمlahumإِنinتَحْرِصْtaḥriṣعَلَىٰʿalāهُدَىٰهُمْhudāhumفَإِنَّfa-innaٱللَّهَl-lahaلَاlāيَهْدِىyahdīمَنmanيُضِلُّyuḍilluوَمَاwamāمِّنminنَّـٰصِرِينَnāṣirīna ﴿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-aqsamūبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiجَهْدَjahdaأَيْمَـٰنِهِمْaymānihimلَاlāيَبْعَثُyabʿathuٱللَّهُl-lahuمَنmanيَمُوتُyamūtuبَلَىٰbalāوَعْدًاwaʿdanعَلَيْهِʿalayhiحَقًّاḥaqqanوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaأَكْثَرَaktharaٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiلَاlāيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna ﴿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.

لِيُبَيِّنَliyubayyinaلَهُمُlahumuٱلَّذِىalladhīيَخْتَلِفُونَyakhtalifūnaفِيهِfīhiوَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlamaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūأَنَّهُمْannahumكَانُوا۟kānūكَـٰذِبِينَkādhibīna ﴿٣٩﴾

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

إِنَّمَاinnamāقَوْلُنَاqawlunāلِشَىْءٍlishayinإِذَآidhāأَرَدْنَـٰهُaradnāhuأَنanنَّقُولَnaqūlaلَهُۥlahuكُنkunفَيَكُونُfayakūnu ﴿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-alladhīnaهَاجَرُوا۟hājarūفِىfīٱللَّهِl-lahiمِنۢminبَعْدِbaʿdiمَاmāظُلِمُوا۟ẓulimūلَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْlanubawwi-annahumفِىfīٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāحَسَنَةًḥasanatanوَلَأَجْرُwala-ajruٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratiأَكْبَرُakbaruلَوْlawكَانُوا۟kānūيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna ﴿٤١﴾

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

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaصَبَرُوا۟ṣabarūوَعَلَىٰwaʿalāرَبِّهِمْrabbihimيَتَوَكَّلُونَyatawakkalūna ﴿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.

وَمَآwamāأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāمِنminقَبْلِكَqablikaإِلَّاillāرِجَالًاrijālanنُّوحِىٓnūḥīإِلَيْهِمْilayhimفَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟fasalūأَهْلَahlaٱلذِّكْرِl-dhik'riإِنinكُنتُمْkuntumلَاlāتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna ﴿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-bayinātiوَٱلزُّبُرِwal-zuburiوَأَنزَلْنَآwa-anzalnāإِلَيْكَilaykaٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'raلِتُبَيِّنَlitubayyinaلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsiمَاmāنُزِّلَnuzzilaإِلَيْهِمْilayhimوَلَعَلَّهُمْwalaʿallahumيَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūna ﴿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-aminaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaمَكَرُوا۟makarūٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātiأَنanيَخْسِفَyakhsifaٱللَّهُl-lahuبِهِمُbihimuٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍaأَوْawيَأْتِيَهُمُyatiyahumuٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuمِنْminحَيْثُḥaythuلَاlāيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna ﴿٤٥﴾

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

أَوْawيَأْخُذَهُمْyakhudhahumفِىfīتَقَلُّبِهِمْtaqallubihimفَمَاfamāهُمhumبِمُعْجِزِينَbimuʿ'jizīna ﴿٤٦﴾

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

أَوْawيَأْخُذَهُمْyakhudhahumعَلَىٰʿalāتَخَوُّفٍtakhawwufinفَإِنَّfa-innaرَبَّكُمْrabbakumلَرَءُوفٌlaraūfunرَّحِيمٌraḥīmun ﴿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.

أَوَلَمْawalamيَرَوْا۟yarawإِلَىٰilāمَاmāخَلَقَkhalaqaٱللَّهُl-lahuمِنminشَىْءٍshayinيَتَفَيَّؤُا۟yatafayya-uظِلَـٰلُهُۥẓilāluhuعَنِʿaniٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīniوَٱلشَّمَآئِلِwal-shamāiliسُجَّدًاsujjadanلِّلَّهِlillahiوَهُمْwahumدَٰخِرُونَdākhirūna ﴿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.*

وَلِلَّهِwalillahiيَسْجُدُyasjuduمَاmāفِىfīٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَمَاwamāفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiمِنminدَآبَّةٍdābbatinوَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuوَهُمْwahumلَاlāيَسْتَكْبِرُونَyastakbirūna ﴿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.

يَخَافُونَyakhāfūnaرَبَّهُمrabbahumمِّنminفَوْقِهِمْfawqihimوَيَفْعَلُونَwayafʿalūnaمَاmāيُؤْمَرُونَyu'marūna ﴿٥٠﴾

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

وَقَالَwaqālaٱللَّهُl-lahuلَاlāتَتَّخِذُوٓا۟tattakhidhūإِلَـٰهَيْنِilāhayniٱثْنَيْنِith'nayniإِنَّمَاinnamāهُوَhuwaإِلَـٰهٌilāhunوَٰحِدٌwāḥidunفَإِيَّـٰىَfa-iyyāyaفَٱرْهَبُونِfa-ir'habūni ﴿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?

وَلَهُۥwalahuمَاmāفِىfīٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiوَلَهُwalahuٱلدِّينُl-dīnuوَاصِبًاwāṣibanأَفَغَيْرَafaghayraٱللَّهِl-lahiتَتَّقُونَtattaqūna ﴿٥٢﴾

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

وَمَاwamāبِكُمbikumمِّنminنِّعْمَةٍniʿ'matinفَمِنَfaminaٱللَّهِl-lahiثُمَّthummaإِذَاidhāمَسَّكُمُmassakumuٱلضُّرُّl-ḍuruفَإِلَيْهِfa-ilayhiتَجْـَٔرُونَtajarūna ﴿٥٣﴾

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

ثُمَّthummaإِذَاidhāكَشَفَkashafaٱلضُّرَّl-ḍuraعَنكُمْʿankumإِذَاidhāفَرِيقٌfarīqunمِّنكُمminkumبِرَبِّهِمْbirabbihimيُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūna ﴿٥٤﴾

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

لِيَكْفُرُوا۟liyakfurūبِمَآbimāءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْātaynāhumفَتَمَتَّعُوا۟fatamattaʿūفَسَوْفَfasawfaتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna ﴿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.

وَيَجْعَلُونَwayajʿalūnaلِمَاlimāلَاlāيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaنَصِيبًاnaṣībanمِّمَّاmimmāرَزَقْنَـٰهُمْrazaqnāhumتَٱللَّهِtal-lahiلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّlatus'alunnaعَمَّاʿammāكُنتُمْkuntumتَفْتَرُونَtaftarūna ﴿٥٦﴾

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

وَيَجْعَلُونَwayajʿalūnaلِلَّهِlillahiٱلْبَنَـٰتِl-banātiسُبْحَـٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahuوَلَهُمwalahumمَّاmāيَشْتَهُونَyashtahūna ﴿٥٧﴾

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

وَإِذَاwa-idhāبُشِّرَbushiraأَحَدُهُمaḥaduhumبِٱلْأُنثَىٰbil-unthāظَلَّẓallaوَجْهُهُۥwajhuhuمُسْوَدًّاmus'waddanوَهُوَwahuwaكَظِيمٌkaẓīmun ﴿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.

يَتَوَٰرَىٰyatawārāمِنَminaٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmiمِنminسُوٓءِsūiمَاmāبُشِّرَbushiraبِهِۦٓbihiأَيُمْسِكُهُۥayum'sikuhuعَلَىٰʿalāهُونٍhūninأَمْamيَدُسُّهُۥyadussuhuفِىfīٱلتُّرَابِl-turābiأَلَاalāسَآءَsāaمَاmāيَحْكُمُونَyaḥkumūna ﴿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.

لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaلَاlāيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnaبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiمَثَلُmathaluٱلسَّوْءِl-sawiوَلِلَّهِwalillahiٱلْمَثَلُl-mathaluٱلْأَعْلَىٰl-aʿlāوَهُوَwahuwaٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmu ﴿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.

وَلَوْwalawيُؤَاخِذُyuākhidhuٱللَّهُl-lahuٱلنَّاسَl-nāsaبِظُلْمِهِمbiẓul'mihimمَّاmāتَرَكَtarakaعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāمِنminدَآبَّةٍdābbatinوَلَـٰكِنwalākinيُؤَخِّرُهُمْyu-akhiruhumإِلَىٰٓilāأَجَلٍajalinمُّسَمًّىmusammanفَإِذَاfa-idhāجَآءَjāaأَجَلُهُمْajaluhumلَاlāيَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَyastakhirūnaسَاعَةًsāʿatanوَلَاwalāيَسْتَقْدِمُونَyastaqdimūna ﴿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.

وَيَجْعَلُونَwayajʿalūnaلِلَّهِlillahiمَاmāيَكْرَهُونَyakrahūnaوَتَصِفُwataṣifuأَلْسِنَتُهُمُalsinatuhumuٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibaأَنَّannaلَهُمُlahumuٱلْحُسْنَىٰl-ḥus'nāلَاlāجَرَمَjaramaأَنَّannaلَهُمُlahumuٱلنَّارَl-nāraوَأَنَّهُمwa-annahumمُّفْرَطُونَmuf'raṭūna ﴿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-lahiلَقَدْlaqadأَرْسَلْنَآarsalnāإِلَىٰٓilāأُمَمٍumaminمِّنminقَبْلِكَqablikaفَزَيَّنَfazayyanaلَهُمُlahumuٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuأَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahumفَهُوَfahuwaوَلِيُّهُمُwaliyyuhumuٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaوَلَهُمْwalahumعَذَابٌʿadhābunأَلِيمٌalīmun ﴿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.

وَمَآwamāأَنزَلْنَاanzalnāعَلَيْكَʿalaykaٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābaإِلَّاillāلِتُبَيِّنَlitubayyinaلَهُمُlahumuٱلَّذِىalladhīٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūفِيهِfīhiوَهُدًىwahudanوَرَحْمَةًwaraḥmatanلِّقَوْمٍliqawminيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna ﴿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-lahuأَنزَلَanzalaمِنَminaٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāiمَآءًmāanفَأَحْيَاfa-aḥyāبِهِbihiٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍaبَعْدَbaʿdaمَوْتِهَآmawtihāإِنَّinnaفِىfīذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَـَٔايَةًlaāyatanلِّقَوْمٍliqawminيَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūna ﴿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-innaلَكُمْlakumفِىfīٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmiلَعِبْرَةًlaʿib'ratanنُّسْقِيكُمnus'qīkumمِّمَّاmimmāفِىfīبُطُونِهِۦbuṭūnihiمِنۢminبَيْنِbayniفَرْثٍfarthinوَدَمٍwadaminلَّبَنًاlabananخَالِصًاkhāliṣanسَآئِغًاsāighanلِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَlilshāribīna ﴿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.

وَمِنwaminثَمَرَٰتِthamarātiٱلنَّخِيلِl-nakhīliوَٱلْأَعْنَـٰبِwal-aʿnābiتَتَّخِذُونَtattakhidhūnaمِنْهُmin'huسَكَرًاsakaranوَرِزْقًاwariz'qanحَسَنًاḥasananإِنَّinnaفِىfīذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَـَٔايَةًlaāyatanلِّقَوْمٍliqawminيَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna ﴿٦٧﴾

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

وَأَوْحَىٰwa-awḥāرَبُّكَrabbukaإِلَىilāٱلنَّحْلِl-naḥliأَنِaniٱتَّخِذِىittakhidhīمِنَminaٱلْجِبَالِl-jibāliبُيُوتًاbuyūtanوَمِنَwaminaٱلشَّجَرِl-shajariوَمِمَّاwamimmāيَعْرِشُونَyaʿrishūna ﴿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.*

ثُمَّthummaكُلِىkulīمِنminكُلِّkulliٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarātiفَٱسْلُكِىfa-us'lukīسُبُلَsubulaرَبِّكِrabbikiذُلُلًاdhululanيَخْرُجُyakhrujuمِنۢminبُطُونِهَاbuṭūnihāشَرَابٌsharābunمُّخْتَلِفٌmukh'talifunأَلْوَٰنُهُۥalwānuhuفِيهِfīhiشِفَآءٌshifāonلِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsiإِنَّinnaفِىfīذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَـَٔايَةًlaāyatanلِّقَوْمٍliqawminيَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūna ﴿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-lahuخَلَقَكُمْkhalaqakumثُمَّthummaيَتَوَفَّىٰكُمْyatawaffākumوَمِنكُمwaminkumمَّنmanيُرَدُّyuradduإِلَىٰٓilāأَرْذَلِardhaliٱلْعُمُرِl-ʿumuriلِكَىْlikayلَاlāيَعْلَمَyaʿlamaبَعْدَbaʿdaعِلْمٍʿil'minشَيْـًٔاshayanإِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaعَلِيمٌʿalīmunقَدِيرٌqadīrun ﴿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-lahuفَضَّلَfaḍḍalaبَعْضَكُمْbaʿḍakumعَلَىٰʿalāبَعْضٍbaʿḍinفِىfīٱلرِّزْقِl-riz'qiفَمَاfamāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaفُضِّلُوا۟fuḍḍilūبِرَآدِّىbirāddīرِزْقِهِمْriz'qihimعَلَىٰʿalāمَاmāمَلَكَتْmalakatأَيْمَـٰنُهُمْaymānuhumفَهُمْfahumفِيهِfīhiسَوَآءٌsawāonأَفَبِنِعْمَةِafabiniʿ'matiٱللَّهِl-lahiيَجْحَدُونَyajḥadūna ﴿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-lahuجَعَلَjaʿalaلَكُمlakumمِّنْminأَنفُسِكُمْanfusikumأَزْوَٰجًاazwājanوَجَعَلَwajaʿalaلَكُمlakumمِّنْminأَزْوَٰجِكُمazwājikumبَنِينَbanīnaوَحَفَدَةًwaḥafadatanوَرَزَقَكُمwarazaqakumمِّنَminaٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِl-ṭayibātiأَفَبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِafabil-bāṭiliيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnaوَبِنِعْمَتِwabiniʿ'matiٱللَّهِl-lahiهُمْhumيَكْفُرُونَyakfurūna ﴿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.

وَيَعْبُدُونَwayaʿbudūnaمِنminدُونِdūniٱللَّهِl-lahiمَاmāلَاlāيَمْلِكُyamlikuلَهُمْlahumرِزْقًاriz'qanمِّنَminaٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiشَيْـًٔاshayanوَلَاwalāيَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūna ﴿٧٣﴾

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

فَلَاfalāتَضْرِبُوا۟taḍribūلِلَّهِlillahiٱلْأَمْثَالَl-amthālaإِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuوَأَنتُمْwa-antumلَاlāتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna ﴿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.

ضَرَبَḍarabaٱللَّهُl-lahuمَثَلًاmathalanعَبْدًاʿabdanمَّمْلُوكًاmamlūkanلَّاlāيَقْدِرُyaqdiruعَلَىٰʿalāشَىْءٍshayinوَمَنwamanرَّزَقْنَـٰهُrazaqnāhuمِنَّاminnāرِزْقًاriz'qanحَسَنًاḥasananفَهُوَfahuwaيُنفِقُyunfiquمِنْهُmin'huسِرًّاsirranوَجَهْرًاwajahranهَلْhalيَسْتَوُۥنَyastawūnaٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduلِلَّهِlillahiبَلْbalأَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhumلَاlāيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna ﴿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?

وَضَرَبَwaḍarabaٱللَّهُl-lahuمَثَلًاmathalanرَّجُلَيْنِrajulayniأَحَدُهُمَآaḥaduhumāأَبْكَمُabkamuلَاlāيَقْدِرُyaqdiruعَلَىٰʿalāشَىْءٍshayinوَهُوَwahuwaكَلٌّkallunعَلَىٰʿalāمَوْلَىٰهُmawlāhuأَيْنَمَاaynamāيُوَجِّههُّyuwajjihhuلَاlāيَأْتِyatiبِخَيْرٍbikhayrinهَلْhalيَسْتَوِىyastawīهُوَhuwaوَمَنwamanيَأْمُرُyamuruبِٱلْعَدْلِbil-ʿadliوَهُوَwahuwaعَلَىٰʿalāصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭinمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīmin ﴿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.

وَلِلَّهِwalillahiغَيْبُghaybuٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiوَمَآwamāأَمْرُamruٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿatiإِلَّاillāكَلَمْحِkalamḥiٱلْبَصَرِl-baṣariأَوْawهُوَhuwaأَقْرَبُaqrabuإِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaعَلَىٰʿalāكُلِّkulliشَىْءٍshayinقَدِيرٌqadīrun ﴿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-lahuأَخْرَجَكُمakhrajakumمِّنۢminبُطُونِbuṭūniأُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْummahātikumلَاlāتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaشَيْـًٔاshayanوَجَعَلَwajaʿalaلَكُمُlakumuٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿaوَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرَwal-abṣāraوَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَwal-afidataلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumتَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna ﴿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.

أَلَمْalamيَرَوْا۟yarawإِلَىilāٱلطَّيْرِl-ṭayriمُسَخَّرَٰتٍmusakharātinفِىfīجَوِّjawwiٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāiمَاmāيُمْسِكُهُنَّyum'sikuhunnaإِلَّاillāٱللَّهُl-lahuإِنَّinnaفِىfīذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَـَٔايَـٰتٍlaāyātinلِّقَوْمٍliqawminيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna ﴿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-lahuجَعَلَjaʿalaلَكُمlakumمِّنۢminبُيُوتِكُمْbuyūtikumسَكَنًاsakananوَجَعَلَwajaʿalaلَكُمlakumمِّنminجُلُودِjulūdiٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmiبُيُوتًاbuyūtanتَسْتَخِفُّونَهَاtastakhiffūnahāيَوْمَyawmaظَعْنِكُمْẓaʿnikumوَيَوْمَwayawmaإِقَامَتِكُمْiqāmatikumوَمِنْwaminأَصْوَافِهَاaṣwāfihāوَأَوْبَارِهَاwa-awbārihāوَأَشْعَارِهَآwa-ashʿārihāأَثَـٰثًاathāthanوَمَتَـٰعًاwamatāʿanإِلَىٰilāحِينٍḥīnin ﴿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-lahuجَعَلَjaʿalaلَكُمlakumمِّمَّاmimmāخَلَقَkhalaqaظِلَـٰلًاẓilālanوَجَعَلَwajaʿalaلَكُمlakumمِّنَminaٱلْجِبَالِl-jibāliأَكْنَـٰنًاaknānanوَجَعَلَwajaʿalaلَكُمْlakumسَرَٰبِيلَsarābīlaتَقِيكُمُtaqīkumuٱلْحَرَّl-ḥaraوَسَرَٰبِيلَwasarābīlaتَقِيكُمtaqīkumبَأْسَكُمْbasakumكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaيُتِمُّyutimmuنِعْمَتَهُۥniʿ'matahuعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumتُسْلِمُونَtus'limūna ﴿٨١﴾

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

فَإِنfa-inتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawفَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāعَلَيْكَʿalaykaٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghuٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnu ﴿٨٢﴾

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

يَعْرِفُونَyaʿrifūnaنِعْمَتَniʿ'mataٱللَّهِl-lahiثُمَّthummaيُنكِرُونَهَاyunkirūnahāوَأَكْثَرُهُمُwa-aktharuhumuٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūna ﴿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.

وَيَوْمَwayawmaنَبْعَثُnabʿathuمِنminكُلِّkulliأُمَّةٍummatinشَهِيدًاshahīdanثُمَّthummaلَاlāيُؤْذَنُyu'dhanuلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūوَلَاwalāهُمْhumيُسْتَعْتَبُونَyus'taʿtabūna ﴿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-idhāرَءَاraāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābaفَلَاfalāيُخَفَّفُyukhaffafuعَنْهُمْʿanhumوَلَاwalāهُمْhumيُنظَرُونَyunẓarūna ﴿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-idhāرَءَاraāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaأَشْرَكُوا۟ashrakūشُرَكَآءَهُمْshurakāahumقَالُوا۟qālūرَبَّنَاrabbanāهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiشُرَكَآؤُنَاshurakāunāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكُنَّاkunnāنَدْعُوا۟nadʿūمِنminدُونِكَdūnikaفَأَلْقَوْا۟fa-alqawإِلَيْهِمُilayhimuٱلْقَوْلَl-qawlaإِنَّكُمْinnakumلَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūna ﴿٨٦﴾

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

وَأَلْقَوْا۟wa-alqawإِلَىilāٱللَّهِl-lahiيَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinٱلسَّلَمَl-salamaوَضَلَّwaḍallaعَنْهُمʿanhumمَّاmāكَانُوا۟kānūيَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna ﴿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.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūوَصَدُّوا۟waṣaddūعَنʿanسَبِيلِsabīliٱللَّهِl-lahiزِدْنَـٰهُمْzid'nāhumعَذَابًاʿadhābanفَوْقَfawqaٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābiبِمَاbimāكَانُوا۟kānūيُفْسِدُونَyuf'sidūna ﴿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.

وَيَوْمَwayawmaنَبْعَثُnabʿathuفِىfīكُلِّkulliأُمَّةٍummatinشَهِيدًاshahīdanعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimمِّنْminأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimوَجِئْنَاwaji'nāبِكَbikaشَهِيدًاshahīdanعَلَىٰʿalāهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiوَنَزَّلْنَاwanazzalnāعَلَيْكَʿalaykaٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābaتِبْيَـٰنًاtib'yānanلِّكُلِّlikulliشَىْءٍshayinوَهُدًىwahudanوَرَحْمَةًwaraḥmatanوَبُشْرَىٰwabush'rāلِلْمُسْلِمِينَlil'mus'limīna ﴿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.

إِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaيَأْمُرُyamuruبِٱلْعَدْلِbil-ʿadliوَٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِwal-iḥ'sāniوَإِيتَآئِwaītāiذِىdhīٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bāوَيَنْهَىٰwayanhāعَنِʿaniٱلْفَحْشَآءِl-faḥshāiوَٱلْمُنكَرِwal-munkariوَٱلْبَغْىِwal-baghyiيَعِظُكُمْyaʿiẓukumلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumتَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūna ﴿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-awfūبِعَهْدِbiʿahdiٱللَّهِl-lahiإِذَاidhāعَـٰهَدتُّمْʿāhadttumوَلَاwalāتَنقُضُوا۟tanquḍūٱلْأَيْمَـٰنَl-aymānaبَعْدَbaʿdaتَوْكِيدِهَاtawkīdihāوَقَدْwaqadجَعَلْتُمُjaʿaltumuٱللَّهَl-lahaعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumكَفِيلًاkafīlanإِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuمَاmāتَفْعَلُونَtafʿalūna ﴿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.

وَلَاwalāتَكُونُوا۟takūnūكَٱلَّتِىka-allatīنَقَضَتْnaqaḍatغَزْلَهَاghazlahāمِنۢminبَعْدِbaʿdiقُوَّةٍquwwatinأَنكَـٰثًاankāthanتَتَّخِذُونَtattakhidhūnaأَيْمَـٰنَكُمْaymānakumدَخَلًۢاdakhalanبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumأَنanتَكُونَtakūnaأُمَّةٌummatunهِىَhiyaأَرْبَىٰarbāمِنْminأُمَّةٍummatinإِنَّمَاinnamāيَبْلُوكُمُyablūkumuٱللَّهُl-lahuبِهِۦbihiوَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّwalayubayyinannaلَكُمْlakumيَوْمَyawmaٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatiمَاmāكُنتُمْkuntumفِيهِfīhiتَخْتَلِفُونَtakhtalifūna ﴿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.

وَلَوْwalawشَآءَshāaٱللَّهُl-lahuلَجَعَلَكُمْlajaʿalakumأُمَّةًummatanوَٰحِدَةًwāḥidatanوَلَـٰكِنwalākinيُضِلُّyuḍilluمَنmanيَشَآءُyashāuوَيَهْدِىwayahdīمَنmanيَشَآءُyashāuوَلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّwalatus'alunnaعَمَّاʿammāكُنتُمْkuntumتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna ﴿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.

وَلَاwalāتَتَّخِذُوٓا۟tattakhidhūأَيْمَـٰنَكُمْaymānakumدَخَلًۢاdakhalanبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumفَتَزِلَّfatazillaقَدَمٌۢqadamunبَعْدَbaʿdaثُبُوتِهَاthubūtihāوَتَذُوقُوا۟watadhūqūٱلسُّوٓءَl-sūaبِمَاbimāصَدَدتُّمْṣadadttumعَنʿanسَبِيلِsabīliٱللَّهِl-lahiوَلَكُمْwalakumعَذَابٌʿadhābunعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmun ﴿٩٤﴾

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

وَلَاwalāتَشْتَرُوا۟tashtarūبِعَهْدِbiʿahdiٱللَّهِl-lahiثَمَنًاthamananقَلِيلًاqalīlanإِنَّمَاinnamāعِندَʿindaٱللَّهِl-lahiهُوَhuwaخَيْرٌkhayrunلَّكُمْlakumإِنinكُنتُمْkuntumتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna ﴿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.

مَاmāعِندَكُمْʿindakumيَنفَدُyanfaduوَمَاwamāعِندَʿindaٱللَّهِl-lahiبَاقٍbāqinوَلَنَجْزِيَنَّwalanajziyannaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaصَبَرُوٓا۟ṣabarūأَجْرَهُمajrahumبِأَحْسَنِbi-aḥsaniمَاmāكَانُوا۟kānūيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna ﴿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.

مَنْmanعَمِلَʿamilaصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanمِّنminذَكَرٍdhakarinأَوْawأُنثَىٰunthāوَهُوَwahuwaمُؤْمِنٌmu'minunفَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُۥfalanuḥ'yiyannahuحَيَوٰةًḥayatanطَيِّبَةًṭayyibatanوَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْwalanajziyannahumأَجْرَهُمajrahumبِأَحْسَنِbi-aḥsaniمَاmāكَانُوا۟kānūيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna ﴿٩٧﴾

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

فَإِذَاfa-idhāقَرَأْتَqarataٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānaفَٱسْتَعِذْfa-is'taʿidhبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiمِنَminaٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭāniٱلرَّجِيمِl-rajīmi ﴿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.

إِنَّهُۥinnahuلَيْسَlaysaلَهُۥlahuسُلْطَـٰنٌsul'ṭānunعَلَىʿalāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūوَعَلَىٰwaʿalāرَبِّهِمْrabbihimيَتَوَكَّلُونَyatawakkalūna ﴿٩٩﴾

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

إِنَّمَاinnamāسُلْطَـٰنُهُۥsul'ṭānuhuعَلَىʿalāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaيَتَوَلَّوْنَهُۥyatawallawnahuوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaهُمhumبِهِۦbihiمُشْرِكُونَmush'rikūna ﴿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-idhāبَدَّلْنَآbaddalnāءَايَةًāyatanمَّكَانَmakānaءَايَةٍāyatinوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuأَعْلَمُaʿlamuبِمَاbimāيُنَزِّلُyunazziluقَالُوٓا۟qālūإِنَّمَآinnamāأَنتَantaمُفْتَرٍۭmuf'tarinبَلْbalأَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhumلَاlāيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna ﴿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."

قُلْqulنَزَّلَهُۥnazzalahuرُوحُrūḥuٱلْقُدُسِl-qudusiمِنminرَّبِّكَrabbikaبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiلِيُثَبِّتَliyuthabbitaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūوَهُدًىwahudanوَبُشْرَىٰwabush'rāلِلْمُسْلِمِينَlil'mus'limīna ﴿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.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadنَعْلَمُnaʿlamuأَنَّهُمْannahumيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnaإِنَّمَاinnamāيُعَلِّمُهُۥyuʿallimuhuبَشَرٌbasharunلِّسَانُlisānuٱلَّذِىalladhīيُلْحِدُونَyul'ḥidūnaإِلَيْهِilayhiأَعْجَمِىٌّaʿjamiyyunوَهَـٰذَاwahādhāلِسَانٌlisānunعَرَبِىٌّʿarabiyyunمُّبِينٌmubīnun ﴿١٠٣﴾

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

إِنَّinnaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaلَاlāيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnaبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiٱللَّهِl-lahiلَاlāيَهْدِيهِمُyahdīhimuٱللَّهُl-lahuوَلَهُمْwalahumعَذَابٌʿadhābunأَلِيمٌalīmun ﴿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.

إِنَّمَاinnamāيَفْتَرِىyaftarīٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaلَاlāيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnaبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiٱللَّهِl-lahiوَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaهُمُhumuٱلْكَـٰذِبُونَl-kādhibūna ﴿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.*

مَنmanفَعَلَيْهِمْfaʿalayhimكَفَرَkafaraغَضَبٌghaḍabunبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiمِّنَminaمِنۢminٱللَّهِl-lahiبَعْدِbaʿdiوَلَهُمْwalahumإِيمَـٰنِهِۦٓīmānihiعَذَابٌʿadhābunإِلَّاillāعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmunمَنْmanأُكْرِهَuk'rihaوَقَلْبُهُۥwaqalbuhuمُطْمَئِنٌّۢmuṭ'ma-innunبِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِbil-īmāniوَلَـٰكِنwalākinمَّنmanشَرَحَsharaḥaبِٱلْكُفْرِbil-kuf'riصَدْرًاṣadran ﴿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.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaبِأَنَّهُمُbi-annahumuٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟is'taḥabbūٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayataٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāعَلَىʿalāٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratiوَأَنَّwa-annaٱللَّهَl-lahaلَاlāيَهْدِىyahdīٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmaٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna ﴿١٠٧﴾

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

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaطَبَعَṭabaʿaٱللَّهُl-lahuعَلَىٰʿalāقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimوَسَمْعِهِمْwasamʿihimوَأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْwa-abṣārihimوَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaهُمُhumuٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَl-ghāfilūna ﴿١٠٨﴾

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

لَاlāجَرَمَjaramaأَنَّهُمْannahumفِىfīٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratiهُمُhumuٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūna ﴿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.

ثُمَّthummaإِنَّinnaرَبَّكَrabbakaلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaهَاجَرُوا۟hājarūمِنۢminبَعْدِbaʿdiمَاmāفُتِنُوا۟futinūثُمَّthummaجَـٰهَدُوا۟jāhadūوَصَبَرُوٓا۟waṣabarūإِنَّinnaرَبَّكَrabbakaمِنۢminبَعْدِهَاbaʿdihāلَغَفُورٌlaghafūrunرَّحِيمٌraḥīmun ﴿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.

يَوْمَyawmaتَأْتِىtatīكُلُّkulluنَفْسٍnafsinتُجَـٰدِلُtujādiluعَنʿanنَّفْسِهَاnafsihāوَتُوَفَّىٰwatuwaffāكُلُّkulluنَفْسٍnafsinمَّاmāعَمِلَتْʿamilatوَهُمْwahumلَاlāيُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūna ﴿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.

وَضَرَبَwaḍarabaٱللَّهُl-lahuمَثَلًاmathalanقَرْيَةًqaryatanكَانَتْkānatءَامِنَةًāminatanمُّطْمَئِنَّةًmuṭ'ma-innatanيَأْتِيهَاyatīhāرِزْقُهَاriz'quhāرَغَدًاraghadanمِّنminكُلِّkulliمَكَانٍmakāninفَكَفَرَتْfakafaratبِأَنْعُمِbi-anʿumiٱللَّهِl-lahiفَأَذَٰقَهَاfa-adhāqahāٱللَّهُl-lahuلِبَاسَlibāsaٱلْجُوعِl-jūʿiوَٱلْخَوْفِwal-khawfiبِمَاbimāكَانُوا۟kānūيَصْنَعُونَyaṣnaʿūna ﴿١١٢﴾

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

وَلَقَدْwalaqadجَآءَهُمْjāahumرَسُولٌrasūlunمِّنْهُمْmin'humفَكَذَّبُوهُfakadhabūhuفَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumuٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuوَهُمْwahumظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūna ﴿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.

فَكُلُوا۟fakulūمِمَّاmimmāرَزَقَكُمُrazaqakumuٱللَّهُl-lahuحَلَـٰلًاḥalālanطَيِّبًاṭayyibanوَٱشْكُرُوا۟wa-ush'kurūنِعْمَتَniʿ'mataٱللَّهِl-lahiإِنinكُنتُمْkuntumإِيَّاهُiyyāhuتَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūna ﴿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.

إِنَّمَاinnamāحَرَّمَḥarramaعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuٱلْمَيْتَةَl-maytataوَٱلدَّمَwal-damaوَلَحْمَwalaḥmaٱلْخِنزِيرِl-khinzīriوَمَآwamāأُهِلَّuhillaلِغَيْرِlighayriٱللَّهِl-lahiبِهِۦbihiفَمَنِfamaniٱضْطُرَّuḍ'ṭurraغَيْرَghayraبَاغٍbāghinوَلَاwalāعَادٍʿādinفَإِنَّfa-innaٱللَّهَl-lahaغَفُورٌghafūrunرَّحِيمٌraḥīmun ﴿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.

ٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibaوَلَاwalāتَقُولُوا۟taqūlūلِمَاlimāتَصِفُtaṣifuأَلْسِنَتُكُمُalsinatukumuٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibaهَـٰذَاhādhāحَلَـٰلٌḥalālunوَهَـٰذَاwahādhāحَرَامٌḥarāmunلِّتَفْتَرُوا۟litaftarūعَلَىʿalāٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibaإِنَّinnaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaيَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnaعَلَىʿalāٱللَّهِl-lahiلَاlāيُفْلِحُونَyuf'liḥūna ﴿١١٦﴾

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

مَتَـٰعٌmatāʿunقَلِيلٌqalīlunوَلَهُمْwalahumعَذَابٌʿadhābunأَلِيمٌalīmun ﴿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.

وَعَلَىwaʿalāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaهَادُوا۟hādūحَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāمَاmāقَصَصْنَاqaṣaṣnāعَلَيْكَʿalaykaمِنminقَبْلُqabluوَمَاwamāظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْẓalamnāhumوَلَـٰكِنwalākinكَانُوٓا۟kānūأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumيَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna ﴿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.

ثُمَّthummaإِنَّinnaرَبَّكَrabbakaلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaعَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūٱلسُّوٓءَl-sūaبِجَهَـٰلَةٍbijahālatinثُمَّthummaتَابُوا۟tābūمِنۢminبَعْدِbaʿdiذَٰلِكَdhālikaوَأَصْلَحُوٓا۟wa-aṣlaḥūإِنَّinnaرَبَّكَrabbakaمِنۢminبَعْدِهَاbaʿdihāلَغَفُورٌlaghafūrunرَّحِيمٌraḥīmun ﴿١١٩﴾

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

إِنَّinnaإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaكَانَkānaأُمَّةًummatanقَانِتًاqānitanلِّلَّهِlillahiحَنِيفًاḥanīfanوَلَمْwalamيَكُyakuمِنَminaٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna ﴿١٢٠﴾

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

شَاكِرًاshākiranلِّأَنْعُمِهِli-anʿumihiٱجْتَبَىٰهُij'tabāhuوَهَدَىٰهُwahadāhuإِلَىٰilāصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭinمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīmin ﴿١٢١﴾

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

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُwaātaynāhuفِىfīٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāحَسَنَةًḥasanatanوَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuفِىfīٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratiلَمِنَlaminaٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīna ﴿١٢٢﴾

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

ثُمَّthummaأَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāإِلَيْكَilaykaأَنِaniٱتَّبِعْittabiʿمِلَّةَmillataإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaحَنِيفًاḥanīfanوَمَاwamāكَانَkānaمِنَminaٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna ﴿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.

إِنَّمَاinnamāجُعِلَjuʿilaٱلسَّبْتُl-sabtuعَلَىʿalāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūفِيهِfīhiوَإِنَّwa-innaرَبَّكَrabbakaلَيَحْكُمُlayaḥkumuبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumيَوْمَyawmaٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatiفِيمَاfīmāكَانُوا۟kānūفِيهِfīhiيَخْتَلِفُونَyakhtalifūna ﴿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'ʿuإِلَىٰilāسَبِيلِsabīliرَبِّكَrabbikaبِٱلْحِكْمَةِbil-ḥik'matiوَٱلْمَوْعِظَةِwal-mawʿiẓatiٱلْحَسَنَةِl-ḥasanatiوَجَـٰدِلْهُمwajādil'humبِٱلَّتِىbi-allatīهِىَhiyaأَحْسَنُaḥsanuإِنَّinnaرَبَّكَrabbakaهُوَhuwaأَعْلَمُaʿlamuبِمَنbimanضَلَّḍallaعَنʿanسَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiوَهُوَwahuwaأَعْلَمُaʿlamuبِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَbil-muh'tadīna ﴿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-inعَاقَبْتُمْʿāqabtumفَعَاقِبُوا۟faʿāqibūبِمِثْلِbimith'liمَاmāعُوقِبْتُمʿūqib'tumبِهِۦbihiوَلَئِنwala-inصَبَرْتُمْṣabartumلَهُوَlahuwaخَيْرٌkhayrunلِّلصَّـٰبِرِينَlilṣṣābirīna ﴿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'birوَمَاwamāصَبْرُكَṣabrukaإِلَّاillāبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiوَلَاwalāتَحْزَنْtaḥzanعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimوَلَاwalāتَكُtakuفِىfīضَيْقٍḍayqinمِّمَّاmimmāيَمْكُرُونَyamkurūna ﴿١٢٧﴾

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

إِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaمَعَmaʿaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaٱتَّقَوا۟ittaqawوَّٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaهُمhumمُّحْسِنُونَmuḥ'sinūna ﴿١٢٨﴾

Sura 16: Al-Nahl (The Bee) النّحل

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