Surah An-Nahl Recitation, Translation, and Tafseer - The Holy Quran

16:81

وَ اللّٰهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِّمَّا خَلَقَ ظِلٰلًا وَّ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ الْجِبَالِ اَكْنَانًا وَّ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ سَرَابِیْلَ تَقِیْكُمُ الْحَرَّ وَ سَرَابِیْلَ تَقِیْكُمْ بَاْسَكُمْؕ-كَذٰلِكَ یُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهٗ عَلَیْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْلِمُوْنَ(۸۱)

God has given you of things created, shade, and places of shelter in the mountains, and clothes for protection against the heat, and coats (of mail) for defence during war. He thus bestows His favours on you so that you may be grateful to Him.

16:82

فَاِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَاِنَّمَا عَلَیْكَ الْبَلٰغُ الْمُبِیْنُ(۸۲)

If they still turn away, your duty is to warn them in clear terms.

16:83

یَعْرِفُوْنَ نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ یُنْكِرُوْنَهَا وَ اَكْثَرُهُمُ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ۠(۸۳)

They do know the favours of God, and yet they deny them, for most of them are not grateful.

16:84

وَ یَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ مِنْ كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ شَهِیْدًا ثُمَّ لَا یُؤْذَنُ لِلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا وَ لَا هُمْ یُسْتَعْتَبُوْنَ(۸۴)

The day We shall call a witness from every people, the unbelievers will not be allowed to make excuses.

16:85

وَ اِذَا رَاَ الَّذِیْنَ ظَلَمُوا الْعَذَابَ فَلَا یُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَ لَا هُمْ یُنْظَرُوْنَ(۸۵)

And when the wicked shall face the torment it will not be decreased, nor will they be reprieved.

16:86

وَ اِذَا رَاَ الَّذِیْنَ اَشْرَكُوْا شُرَكَآءَهُمْ قَالُوْا رَبَّنَا هٰۤؤُلَآءِ شُرَكَآؤُنَا الَّذِیْنَ كُنَّا نَدْعُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِكَۚ-فَاَلْقَوْا اِلَیْهِمُ الْقَوْلَ اِنَّكُمْ لَكٰذِبُوْنَۚ(۸۶)

When the idolaters see their partners they will call out: "O our Lord, these are the partners we invoked instead of You;" but they will retort: "You are liars."

16:87

وَ اَلْقَوْا اِلَى اللّٰهِ یَوْمَىٕذِ ﹰالسَّلَمَ وَ ضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُوْا یَفْتَرُوْنَ(۸۷)

They will offer submission to God that Day, and the lies they fabricated will not be of the least avail.

16:88

اَلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا وَ صَدُّوْا عَنْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ زِدْنٰهُمْ عَذَابًا فَوْقَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوْا یُفْسِدُوْنَ(۸۸)

For those who deny the truth and obstruct (others) from the way of God, We shall add torment to torment as they were perpetrating corruption.

16:89

وَ یَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ فِیْ كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ شَهِیْدًا عَلَیْهِمْ مِّنْ اَنْفُسِهِمْ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِیْدًا عَلٰى هٰۤؤُلَآءِؕ-وَ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَیْكَ الْكِتٰبَ تِبْیَانًا لِّكُلِّ شَیْءٍ وَّ هُدًى وَّ رَحْمَةً وَّ بُشْرٰى لِلْمُسْلِمِیْنَ۠(۸۹)

Remind them of the Day when We shall call from every people a witness against them, and make you a witness over them, for We have revealed to you the Book as an exposition of everything, and as guidance and grace and happy tidings for those who submit.

16:90

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ یَاْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَ الْاِحْسَانِ وَ اِیْتَآئِ ذِی الْقُرْبٰى وَ یَنْهٰى عَنِ الْفَحْشَآءِ وَ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ الْبَغْیِۚ-یَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُوْنَ(۹۰)

Verily God has enjoined justice, the doing of good, and the giving of gifts to your relatives; and forbidden indecency, impropriety and oppression. He warns you so that you may remember.

16:91

وَ اَوْفُوْا بِعَهْدِ اللّٰهِ اِذَا عٰهَدْتُّمْ وَ لَا تَنْقُضُوا الْاَیْمَانَ بَعْدَ تَوْكِیْدِهَا وَ قَدْ جَعَلْتُمُ اللّٰهَ عَلَیْكُمْ كَفِیْلًاؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ یَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُوْنَ(۹۱)

Fulfil your covenant with God, having made the covenant, and do not break your oaths once you have sworn them, as you have made God a witness over you. Indeed God knows what you do.

16:92

وَ لَا تَكُوْنُوْا كَالَّتِیْ نَقَضَتْ غَزْلَهَا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ اَنْكَاثًاؕ-تَتَّخِذُوْنَ اَیْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلًۢا بَیْنَكُمْ اَنْ تَكُوْنَ اُمَّةٌ هِیَ اَرْبٰى مِنْ اُمَّةٍؕ-اِنَّمَا یَبْلُوْكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِهٖؕ-وَ لَیُبَیِّنَنَّ لَكُمْ یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ مَا كُنْتُمْ فِیْهِ تَخْتَلِفُوْنَ(۹۲)

And do not be like her who untwists her yarn having spun it into durable thread. Do not use your oaths deceitfully because one party has ascendency over you. God surely tries you in this way: He will make it clear to you on the Day of Resurrection what you were differing about.

16:93

وَ لَوْ شَآءَ اللّٰهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ اُمَّةً وَّاحِدَةً وَّ لٰكِنْ یُّضِلُّ مَنْ یَّشَآءُ وَ یَهْدِیْ مَنْ یَّشَآءُؕ-وَ لَتُسْــٴَـلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ(۹۳)

If God had pleased He would surely have made you a single community of belief; but He leads whosoever He wills astray, and guides whosoever He please. But you will surely be questioned about what you used to do.

16:94

وَ لَا تَتَّخِذُوْۤا اَیْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلًۢا بَیْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌۢ بَعْدَ ثُبُوْتِهَا وَ تَذُوْقُوا السُّوْٓءَ بِمَا صَدَدْتُّمْ عَنْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِۚ-وَ لَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِیْمٌ(۹۴)

So do not make your oaths a means of deceiving one another, lest your foot should slip after having found its hold, and you taste of evil for having hindered (others) from the way of God, and suffer a grievous punishment.

16:95

وَ لَا تَشْتَرُوْا بِعَهْدِ اللّٰهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِیْلًاؕ-اِنَّمَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ هُوَ خَیْرٌ لَّكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ(۹۵)

And do not trade God´s covenant for a paltry price. Remember, what is with God is better for you, if only you knew!

16:96

مَا عِنْدَكُمْ یَنْفَدُ وَ مَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ بَاقٍؕ-وَ لَنَجْزِیَنَّ الَّذِیْنَ صَبَرُوْۤا اَجْرَهُمْ بِاَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوْا یَعْمَلُوْنَ(۹۶)

For what you possess will pass, but what is with God will abide. We shall certainly award those who persevere a recompense in keeping with their deeds.

16:97

مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِّنْ ذَكَرٍ اَوْ اُنْثٰى وَ هُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْیِیَنَّهٗ حَیٰوةً طَیِّبَةًۚ-وَ لَنَجْزِیَنَّهُمْ اَجْرَهُمْ بِاَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوْا یَعْمَلُوْنَ(۹۷)

We shall invest whosoever works for good, whether man or woman, with a pleasant life, and reward them in accordance with the best of what they have done.

16:98

فَاِذَا قَرَاْتَ الْقُرْاٰنَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِیْمِ(۹۸)

So, when you recite the Qur´an seek refuge in God from Satan the execrable.

16:99

اِنَّهٗ لَیْسَ لَهٗ سُلْطٰنٌ عَلَى الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَ عَلٰى رَبِّهِمْ یَتَوَكَّلُوْنَ(۹۹)

He does not have power over those who believe and place their trust in their Lord.

16:100

اِنَّمَا سُلْطٰنُهٗ عَلَى الَّذِیْنَ یَتَوَلَّوْنَهٗ وَ الَّذِیْنَ هُمْ بِهٖ مُشْرِكُوْنَ۠(۱۰۰)

His power is only over those who take him as their patron, and those who ascribe equals (to God).

16:101

وَ اِذَا بَدَّلْنَاۤ اٰیَةً مَّكَانَ اٰیَةٍۙ-وَّ اللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا یُنَزِّلُ قَالُوْۤا اِنَّمَاۤ اَنْتَ مُفْتَرٍؕ-بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ(۱۰۱)

When We replace a message with another -- and God knows best what He reveals -- they say: "You have made it up;" yet most of them do not know.

16:102

قُلْ نَزَّلَهٗ رُوْحُ الْقُدُسِ مِنْ رَّبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ لِیُثَبِّتَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَ هُدًى وَّ بُشْرٰى لِلْمُسْلِمِیْنَ(۱۰۲)

You say: "It has been sent by divine grace from your Lord with truth to strengthen those who believe, and as guidance and good news for those who have submitted (to God)."

16:103

وَ لَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ اَنَّهُمْ یَقُوْلُوْنَ اِنَّمَا یُعَلِّمُهٗ بَشَرٌؕ-لِسَانُ الَّذِیْ یُلْحِدُوْنَ اِلَیْهِ اَعْجَمِیٌّ وَّ هٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِیٌّ مُّبِیْنٌ(۱۰۳)

Yet We know what they say: "It is only a man who instructs him." The speech of the man they imply is obscure while this is clear Arabic.

16:104

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِاٰیٰتِ اللّٰهِۙ-لَا یَهْدِیْهِمُ اللّٰهُ وَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلِیْمٌ(۱۰۴)

Those who do not believe in the words of God are verily not guided by God. For them is severe punishment.

16:105

اِنَّمَا یَفْتَرِی الْكَذِبَ الَّذِیْنَ لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِاٰیٰتِ اللّٰهِۚ-وَ اُولٰٓىٕكَ هُمُ الْكٰذِبُوْنَ(۱۰۵)

They alone invent lies who do not believe in the words of God, and they are liars.

16:106

مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللّٰهِ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ اِیْمَانِهٖۤ اِلَّا مَنْ اُكْرِهَ وَ قَلْبُهٗ مُطْمَىٕنٌّۢ بِالْاِیْمَانِ وَ لٰكِنْ مَّنْ شَرَحَ بِالْكُفْرِ صَدْرًا فَعَلَیْهِمْ غَضَبٌ مِّنَ اللّٰهِۚ-وَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِیْمٌ(۱۰۶)

Whosoever denies having once believed -- unless he is forced to do so while his heart enjoys the peace of faith -- and opens his mind to disbelief will suffer the wrath of God. Their punishment will be great,

16:107

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمُ اسْتَحَبُّوا الْحَیٰوةَ الدُّنْیَا عَلَى الْاٰخِرَةِۙ-وَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا یَهْدِی الْقَوْمَ الْكٰفِرِیْنَ(۱۰۷)

For they loved the life of this world more than the life to come; and God does not guide those who do not believe.

16:108

اُولٰٓىٕكَ الَّذِیْنَ طَبَعَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى قُلُوْبِهِمْ وَ سَمْعِهِمْ وَ اَبْصَارِهِمْۚ-وَ اُولٰٓىٕكَ هُمُ الْغٰفِلُوْنَ(۱۰۸)

They are the ones whose hearts and ears and eyes have been sealed by God; and these are the heedless.

16:109

لَا جَرَمَ اَنَّهُمْ فِی الْاٰخِرَةِ هُمُ الْخٰسِرُوْنَ(۱۰۹)

They will surely be losers in the life to come,

16:110

ثُمَّ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِیْنَ هَاجَرُوْا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا فُتِنُوْا ثُمَّ جٰهَدُوْا وَ صَبَرُوْۤاۙ-اِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُوْرٌ رَّحِیْمٌ۠(۱۱۰)

But (to) those who were victimised and left their homes and then fought and endured patiently, your Lord will surely be forgiving and kind.

16:111

یَوْمَ تَاْتِیْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَادِلُ عَنْ نَّفْسِهَا وَ تُوَفّٰى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ وَ هُمْ لَا یُظْلَمُوْنَ(۱۱۱)

On the day when every soul will come pleading for itself, and every soul will be recompensed for what it had done, no one will be wronged.

16:112

وَ ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلًا قَرْیَةً كَانَتْ اٰمِنَةً مُّطْمَىٕنَّةً یَّاْتِیْهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا مِّنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِاَنْعُمِ اللّٰهِ فَاَذَاقَهَا اللّٰهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوْ عِ وَ الْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوْا یَصْنَعُوْنَ(۱۱۲)

God presents the example of a town which enjoyed peace and security, its provisions coming from everywhere in abundance, but it denied the favours of God; so God acquainted it with intimate hunger and fear (as punishment) for what they had done.

16:113

وَ لَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُوْلٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَاَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ وَ هُمْ ظٰلِمُوْنَ(۱۱۳)

An apostle came to them who was one of them, but they called him a liar. Then they were seized by torment for they were sinners.

16:114

فَكُلُوْا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللّٰهُ حَلٰلًا طَیِّبًا۪-وَّ اشْكُرُوْا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ اِیَّاهُ تَعْبُدُوْنَ(۱۱۴)

Eat the good and lawful of things that God has given you, and be grateful for the bounty of God, if you really worship Him.

16:115

اِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَیْكُمُ الْمَیْتَةَ وَ الدَّمَ وَ لَحْمَ الْخِنْزِیْرِ وَ مَاۤ اُهِلَّ لِغَیْرِ اللّٰهِ بِهٖۚ-فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَیْرَ بَاغٍ وَّ لَا عَادٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِیْمٌ(۱۱۵)

He has forbidden carrion and blood and the flesh of the swine, and what has been killed in the name of any other but God; but if one is driven by necessity (to eat it) without craving or reverting to it, then God is forgiving and kind.

16:116

وَ لَا تَقُوْلُوْا لِمَا تَصِفُ اَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هٰذَا حَلٰلٌ وَّ هٰذَا حَرَامٌ لِّتَفْتَرُوْا عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَؕ-اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ یَفْتَرُوْنَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا یُفْلِحُوْنَؕ(۱۱۶)

Do not utter the lies your tongues make up: "This is lawful, and this is forbidden," in order to impute lies to God; for they who impute lies to God will not find fulfilment.

16:117

مَتَاعٌ قَلِیْلٌ۪-وَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلِیْمٌ(۱۱۷)

For them there is some enjoyment, but the punishment is painful.

16:118

وَ عَلَى الَّذِیْنَ هَادُوْا حَرَّمْنَا مَا قَصَصْنَا عَلَیْكَ مِنْ قَبْلُۚ-وَ مَا ظَلَمْنٰهُمْ وَ لٰكِنْ كَانُوْۤا اَنْفُسَهُمْ یَظْلِمُوْنَ(۱۱۸)

We have already told you what We have forbidden the Jews. We did not wrong them, they wronged themselves.

16:119

ثُمَّ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِیْنَ عَمِلُوا السُّوْٓءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابُوْا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ وَ اَصْلَحُوْۤاۙ-اِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُوْرٌ رَّحِیْمٌ۠(۱۱۹)

To those who do wrong out of ignorance, then repent and correct themselves, your Lord is indeed forgiving and kind.

16:120

اِنَّ اِبْرٰهِیْمَ كَانَ اُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِّلّٰهِ حَنِیْفًاؕ-وَ لَمْ یَكُ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِیْنَۙ(۱۲۰)

Abraham was certainly a model of faith, obedient to God and upright, and not one of idolaters,