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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 3

سورة النحل، الآية ٣

16:3 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 267 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:3

خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ تَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ۝٣

Transliteration

khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa bil-ḥaqi taʿālā ʿammā yush'rikūna

Translation

He created the heavens and earth in truth. High is He above what they associate with Him.

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Verse 3 of Surah An-Nahl (16:3), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 267 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 3

Al-Mukhtasar

Allah created the heavens and the earth without any precedent for a true purpose. He did not create them in vain, but created them to serve as a sign of His greatness. He is Exalted and high above their ascribing others as partners to Him.

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Other translations of verse 3

He created the heavens and earth for a true purpose. Exalted is He far above what they associate with Him!

He has created the heavens and the earth with truth. High is He, Exalted above all that they associate as partners with Him.

He hath created the heavens and the earth with truth. High be He Exalted above all that they associate (with Him).

He has created the heavens and the earth for just ends: Far is He above having the partners they ascribe to Him!

He created the heavens and the earth with the truth, highly exalted be He above what they associate (with Him).

He created the heavens and the earth with the truth. Supremely Exalted be He above whatever they associate (with Him).

Verse 3 word by word

  1. خَلَقَ khalaqa He created خ ل ق
  2. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti the heavens س م و
  3. وَٱلْأَرْضَ wal-arḍa and the earth أ ر ض
  4. بِٱلْحَقِّ bil-ḥaqi in truth ح ق ق
  5. تَعَٰلَىٰ taʿālā Exalted is He ع ل و
  6. عَمَّا ʿammā above what
  7. يُشْرِكُونَ yush'rikūna they associate ش ر ك

Verses related to verse 3

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • An-Najm 53:31

    وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى

    And to Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth - that He may recompense those who do evil with [the penalty of] what they have done and recompense those who do good with the best [reward] -

Verses with similar wording

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

  • Al-An’am 6:73

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ كُن فَيَكُونُ قَوْلُهُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَلَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ عَٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

    And it is He who created the heavens and earth in truth. And the day [i.e., whenever] He says, "Be," and it is, His word is the truth. And His is the dominion [on] the Day the Horn is blown. [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed; and He is the Wise, the Aware.

  • Ibrahim 14:19

    أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

    Have you not seen [i.e., considered] that Allāh created the heavens and the earth in truth? If He wills, He can do away with you and produce a new creation.

  • Az-Zumar 39:5

    خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ يُكَوِّرُ ٱلَّيْلَ عَلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ ٱلنَّهَارَ عَلَى ٱلَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى أَلَا هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّٰرُ

    He created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. Unquestionably, He is the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.

  • At-Taghabun 64:3

    خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    He created the heavens and earth in truth and formed you and perfected your forms; and to Him is the [final] destination.

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