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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 114

سورة النحل، الآية ١١٤

16:114 Juz 14 Hizb 28 Page 280 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:114

فَكُلُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ حَلَٰلًا طَيِّبًا وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ ۝١١٤

Transliteration

fakulū mimmā razaqakumu l-lahu ḥalālan ṭayyiban wa-ush'kurū niʿ'mata l-lahi in kuntum iyyāhu taʿbudūna

Translation

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

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Verse 114 of Surah An-Nahl (16:114), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 280 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 114

Al-Mukhtasar

So eat - O people - of the lawful and wholesome things that Allah, may He be glorified, has provided for you, and be thankful for the blessings Allah has given you by acknowledging these blessings of His and using them to seek His pleasure, if it is Him that you worship alone without associating partners with Him.

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Other translations of verse 114

So eat from the lawful and good things that Allah has provided for you, and be grateful for Allah’s blessings, if it is Him that you worship.

So eat of the lawful and good food23 which Allâh has provided for you. And be grateful for the Favour of Allâh, if it is He Whom you worship.

Notes

[23] (V.16:114) The meat of cattle beast which Allâh has made lawful to you (Muslims) and are slaughtered according to Islâmic way.

So eat of the lawful and good food which Allah hath provided for you, and thank the bounty of your Lord if it is Him ye serve.

So eat of the sustenance which Allah has provided for you, lawful and good; and be grateful for the favours of Allah, if it is He Whom ye serve.

Therefore eat of what Allah has given you, lawful and good (things), and give thanks for Allah's favor if Him do you serve.

So eat of what Allah has provided you, lawfully good, and thank (Him) for the favor of Allah, in case it be Him only that you do worship.

Verse 114 word by word

  1. فَكُلُوا۟ fakulū So eat أ ك ل
  2. مِمَّا mimmā of what
  3. رَزَقَكُمُ razaqakumu Allah has provided you ر ز ق
  4. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah has provided you
  5. حَلَٰلًا ḥalālan lawful ح ل ل
  6. طَيِّبًا ṭayyiban and good ط ي ب
  7. وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ wa-ush'kurū And be grateful ش ك ر
  8. نِعْمَتَ niʿ'mata (for the) Favor ن ع م
  9. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
  10. إِن in if
  11. كُنتُمْ kuntum [you] ك و ن
  12. إِيَّاهُ iyyāhu Him Alone
  13. تَعْبُدُونَ taʿbudūna you worship ع ب د

Verses related to verse 114

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Luqman 31:24

    نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

    We grant them enjoyment for a little; then We will force them to a massive punishment.

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Al-Ma’idah 5:88

    وَكُلُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ حَلَٰلًا طَيِّبًا وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنتُم بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنُونَ

    And eat of what Allāh has provided for you [which is] lawful and good. And fear Allāh, in whom you are believers.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:172

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَٰكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لِلَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

    O you who have believed, eat from the good [i.e., lawful] things which We have provided for you and be grateful to Allāh if it is [indeed] Him that you worship.

  • Fussilat 41:37

    وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلَّيْلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ لَا تَسْجُدُوا۟ لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

    And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostrate to Allāh, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship.

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