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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 50

سورة النحل، الآية ٥٠

16:50 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 272 of the mushaf Meccan surah Verse of prostration

Text of verse 16:50

يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ ۝٥٠

Transliteration

yakhāfūna rabbahum min fawqihim wayafʿalūna mā yu'marūna

Translation

They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.

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Verse 50 of Surah An-Nahl (16:50), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 272 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 50

Al-Mukhtasar

They - despite their constant worship and obedience - fear their Lord who is above them by His Self, Dominance and Authority and they carry out the acts of obedience that their Lord instructs them to.

Tafsir of the whole Surah An-Nahl

Other translations of verse 50

They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.

They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.

They fear their Lord above them, and do what they are bidden.

They all revere their Lord, high above them, and they do all that they are commanded.

They fear their Lord above them and do what they are commanded.

They fear their Lord above them, and they perform what they are commanded. A prostration is to be performed here.

Verse 50 word by word

  1. يَخَافُونَ yakhāfūna They fear خ و ف
  2. رَبَّهُم rabbahum their Lord ر ب ب
  3. مِّن min above them
  4. فَوْقِهِمْ fawqihim above them ف و ق
  5. وَيَفْعَلُونَ wayafʿalūna and they do ف ع ل
  6. مَا mā what
  7. يُؤْمَرُونَ yu'marūna they are commanded أ م ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 1077

‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb (may Allah be pleased with him) recited Sūrat An-Nahl on the pulpit during the Friday sermon, and when he reached the verse of prostration, he got down and prostrated, and so did the people

Rabī‘ah ibn ‘Abdullāh ibn al-Hudayr At-Taymi reported: ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb (may Allah be pleased with him) recited Sūrat An-Nahl on the pulpit during the Friday sermon, and when he reached the verse of prostration, he got down and prostrated, and so did the people. The next Friday, he recited it…

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا نَمُرُّ بِالسُّجُودِ فَمَنْ سَجَدَ فَقَدْ أَصَابَ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْجُدْ فَلاَ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ عُمَرُ ـ رضى الله عنه‏.‏ وَزَادَ نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما…

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