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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 5

سورة النحل، الآية ٥

16:5 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 267 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:5

وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمَ خَلَقَهَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا دِفْءٌ وَمَنَٰفِعُ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ ۝٥

Transliteration

wal-anʿāma khalaqahā lakum fīhā dif'on wamanāfiʿu wamin'hā takulūna

Translation

And the grazing livestock He has created for you; in them is warmth692 and [numerous] benefits, and from them you eat.

Notes

[692] i.e., in clothing, tents, furnishings, etc.

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Verse 5 of Surah An-Nahl (16:5), 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 5

Al-Mukhtasar

He also created livestock such as camels, cattle and goats for your benefit - O People. Some of these benefits include deriving warmth from their wool and hair and other benefits from their milk, skin and backs. Some of them serve as food that you eat.

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Other translations of verse 5

And He has created the livestock for you as a source of warmth and other benefits4, and from them you eat.

Notes

[4] i.e., in clothing, tents, furnishings, etc.

And the cattle, He has created them for you; in them there is warmth (warm clothing), and numerous benefits, and of them you eat.

And the cattle hath He created, whence ye have warm clothing and uses, and whereof ye eat;

And cattle He has created for you (men): from them ye derive warmth, and numerous benefits, and of their (meat) ye eat.

And He created the cattle for you; you have in them warm clothing and (many) advantages, and of them do you eat.

And the cattle-He created them for you; in them is warmth and (various) uses (i.e., profits) and of them you eat;

Verse 5 word by word

  1. وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمَ wal-anʿāma And the cattle ن ع م
  2. خَلَقَهَا khalaqahā He created them خ ل ق
  3. لَكُمْ lakum for you
  4. فِيهَا fīhā in them
  5. دِفْءٌ dif'on (is) warmth د ف أ
  6. وَمَنَٰفِعُ wamanāfiʿu and benefits ن ف ع
  7. وَمِنْهَا wamin'hā and from them
  8. تَأْكُلُونَ takulūna you eat أ ك ل

Verses related to verse 5

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Furqan 25:54–55

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهُۥ نَسَبًا وَصِهْرًا وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًا …

    And it is He who has created from water [i.e., semen] a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation]. …

  • Ya-Sin 36:77

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ

    Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary?

  • Ya-Sin 36:79

    قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ

    Say, "He will give them life who produced them the first time; and He is, of all creation, Knowing."

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