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Surah An-Nahl - Page: 5

(The Bee)

41

وَالَّذِيْنَ هَاجَرُوْا فِى اللّٰهِ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوْا لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ فِى الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً ۗوَلَاَجْرُ الْاٰخِرَةِ اَكْبَرُۘ لَوْ كَانُوْا يَعْلَمُوْنَۙ ٤١

wa-alladhīna
وَٱلَّذِينَ
And those who
hājarū
هَاجَرُوا۟
emigrated
فِى
in (the way)
l-lahi
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
min
مِنۢ
after
baʿdi
بَعْدِ
after
مَا
[what]
ẓulimū
ظُلِمُوا۟
they were wronged
lanubawwi-annahum
لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ
surely We will give them position
فِى
in
l-dun'yā
ٱلدُّنْيَا
the world
ḥasanatan
حَسَنَةًۖ
good
wala-ajru
وَلَأَجْرُ
but surely the reward
l-ākhirati
ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ
(of) the Hereafter
akbaru
أَكْبَرُۚ
(is) greater
law
لَوْ
if
kānū
كَانُوا۟
they
yaʿlamūna
يَعْلَمُونَ
know
And those who emigrated for [the cause of] Allah after they had been wronged – We will surely settle them in this world in a good place; but the reward of the Hereafter is greater, if only they could know. (QS. [16] An-Nahl: 41)
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42

الَّذِيْنَ صَبَرُوْا وَعَلٰى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُوْنَ ٤٢

alladhīna
ٱلَّذِينَ
Those who
ṣabarū
صَبَرُوا۟
(are) patient
waʿalā
وَعَلَىٰ
and on
rabbihim
رَبِّهِمْ
their Lord
yatawakkalūna
يَتَوَكَّلُونَ
they put their trust
[They are] those who endured patiently and upon their Lord relied. (QS. [16] An-Nahl: 42)
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43

وَمَآ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ اِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوْحِيْٓ اِلَيْهِمْ فَاسْـَٔلُوْٓا اَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَۙ ٤٣

wamā
وَمَآ
And not
arsalnā
أَرْسَلْنَا
We sent
min
مِن
before you
qablika
قَبْلِكَ
before you
illā
إِلَّا
except
rijālan
رِجَالًا
men
nūḥī
نُّوحِىٓ
We revealed
ilayhim
إِلَيْهِمْۚ
to them
fasalū
فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟
so ask
ahla
أَهْلَ
(the) people
l-dhik'ri
ٱلذِّكْرِ
(of) the Reminder
in
إِن
if
kuntum
كُنتُمْ
you
لَا
(do) not
taʿlamūna
تَعْلَمُونَ
know
And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know. (QS. [16] An-Nahl: 43)
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44

بِالْبَيِّنٰتِ وَالزُّبُرِۗ وَاَنْزَلْنَآ اِلَيْكَ الذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ اِلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوْنَ ٤٤

bil-bayināti
بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ
With the clear proofs
wal-zuburi
وَٱلزُّبُرِۗ
and the Books
wa-anzalnā
وَأَنزَلْنَآ
And We sent down
ilayka
إِلَيْكَ
to you
l-dhik'ra
ٱلذِّكْرَ
the Remembrance
litubayyina
لِتُبَيِّنَ
that you may make clear
lilnnāsi
لِلنَّاسِ
to the mankind
مَا
what
nuzzila
نُزِّلَ
has been sent down
ilayhim
إِلَيْهِمْ
to them
walaʿallahum
وَلَعَلَّهُمْ
and that they may
yatafakkarūna
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
reflect
[We sent them] with clear proofs and written ordinances. And We revealed to you the message [i.e., the Quran] that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them and that they might give thought. (QS. [16] An-Nahl: 44)
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45

اَفَاَمِنَ الَّذِيْنَ مَكَرُوا السَّيِّاٰتِ اَنْ يَّخْسِفَ اللّٰهُ بِهِمُ الْاَرْضَ اَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُوْنَۙ ٤٥

afa-amina
أَفَأَمِنَ
Do then feel secure
alladhīna
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
makarū
مَكَرُوا۟
plotted
l-sayiāti
ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ
the evil deeds
an
أَن
that
yakhsifa
يَخْسِفَ
Allah will cave
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
Allah will cave
bihimu
بِهِمُ
with them
l-arḍa
ٱلْأَرْضَ
the earth
aw
أَوْ
or
yatiyahumu
يَأْتِيَهُمُ
will come to them
l-ʿadhābu
ٱلْعَذَابُ
the punishment
min
مِنْ
from
ḥaythu
حَيْثُ
where
لَا
not
yashʿurūna
يَشْعُرُونَ
they perceive?
Then, do those who have planned evil deeds feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them or that the punishment will not come upon them from where they do not perceive? (QS. [16] An-Nahl: 45)
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46

اَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ فِيْ تَقَلُّبِهِمْ فَمَا هُمْ بِمُعْجِزِيْنَۙ ٤٦

aw
أَوْ
Or
yakhudhahum
يَأْخُذَهُمْ
that He may seize them
فِى
in
taqallubihim
تَقَلُّبِهِمْ
their going to and fro
famā
فَمَا
then not
hum
هُم
they
bimuʿ'jizīna
بِمُعْجِزِينَ
will be able to escape?
Or that He would not seize them during their [usual] activity, and they could not cause failure [i.e., escape from Him]? (QS. [16] An-Nahl: 46)
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47

اَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلٰى تَخَوُّفٍۗ فَاِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوْفٌ رَّحِيْمٌ ٤٧

aw
أَوْ
Or
yakhudhahum
يَأْخُذَهُمْ
that He may seize them
ʿalā
عَلَىٰ
with
takhawwufin
تَخَوُّفٍ
a gradual wasting
fa-inna
فَإِنَّ
But indeed
rabbakum
رَبَّكُمْ
your Lord
laraūfun
لَرَءُوفٌ
(is) surely Full of Kindness
raḥīmun
رَّحِيمٌ
Most Merciful
Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful. (QS. [16] An-Nahl: 47)
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48

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلٰى مَا خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ يَّتَفَيَّؤُا ظِلٰلُهٗ عَنِ الْيَمِيْنِ وَالشَّمَاۤىِٕلِ سُجَّدًا لِّلّٰهِ وَهُمْ دَاخِرُوْنَ ٤٨

awalam
أَوَلَمْ
Have not
yaraw
يَرَوْا۟
they seen
ilā
إِلَىٰ
[towards]
مَا
what
khalaqa
خَلَقَ
Allah has created
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
Allah has created
min
مِن
from
shayin
شَىْءٍ
a thing?
yatafayya-u
يَتَفَيَّؤُا۟
Incline
ẓilāluhu
ظِلَٰلُهُۥ
their shadows
ʿani
عَنِ
to
l-yamīni
ٱلْيَمِينِ
the right
wal-shamāili
وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِ
and to the left
sujjadan
سُجَّدًا
prostrating
lillahi
لِّلَّهِ
to Allah
wahum
وَهُمْ
while they
dākhirūna
دَٰخِرُونَ
(are) humble?
Have they not considered what things Allah has created? Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allah, while they [i.e., those creations] are humble. (QS. [16] An-Nahl: 48)
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49

وَلِلّٰهِ يَسْجُدُ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِ مِنْ دَاۤبَّةٍ وَّالْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُوْنَ ٤٩

walillahi
وَلِلَّهِ
And to Allah
yasjudu
يَسْجُدُ
prostrate
مَا
whatever
فِى
(is) in
l-samāwāti
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
the heavens
wamā
وَمَا
and whatever
فِى
(is) in
l-arḍi
ٱلْأَرْضِ
the earth
min
مِن
of
dābbatin
دَآبَّةٍ
moving creatures
wal-malāikatu
وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ
and the Angels
wahum
وَهُمْ
and they
لَا
(are) not
yastakbirūna
يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
arrogant
And to Allah prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth of creatures, and the angels [as well], and they are not arrogant. (QS. [16] An-Nahl: 49)
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50

يَخَافُوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ مِّنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَيَفْعَلُوْنَ مَا يُؤْمَرُوْنَ ࣖ ۩ ٥٠

yakhāfūna
يَخَافُونَ
They fear
rabbahum
رَبَّهُم
their Lord
min
مِّن
above them
fawqihim
فَوْقِهِمْ
above them
wayafʿalūna
وَيَفْعَلُونَ
and they do
مَا
what
yu'marūna
يُؤْمَرُونَ۩
they are commanded
They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded. (QS. [16] An-Nahl: 50)
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