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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 16

سورة النحل، الآية ١٦

16:16 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 269 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:16

وَعَلَٰمَٰتٍ وَبِٱلنَّجْمِ هُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ ۝١٦

Transliteration

waʿalāmātin wabil-najmi hum yahtadūna

Translation

And landmarks. And by the stars they are [also] guided.⁶⁹⁴

Notes

[694] Through the desert or the sea at night.

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Verse 16 of Surah An-Nahl (16:16), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 269 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 16

Al-Mukhtasar

He made for you on earth clear landmarks that you could be guided by when travelling during the day. He also made for you stars in the sky that you could use as a guide at night.

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Other translations of verse 16

and landmarks and the stars by which they find their way¹¹.

Notes

[11] With landmarks to find the way during the daytime and with the stars at night.

And landmarks (signposts during the day) and by the stars (during the night), they (mankind) guide themselves.

And landmarks (too), and by the star they find a way.

And marks and sign-posts; and by the stars (men) guide themselves.

And landmarks; and by the stars they find the right way.

And way marks; and by the star they are guided.

Verse 16 word by word

وَعَلَٰمَٰتٍ waʿalāmātin And landmarks ع ل م
وَبِٱلنَّجْمِ wabil-najmi And by the stars ن ج م
هُمْ hum they
يَهْتَدُونَ yahtadūna guide themselves ه د ي

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