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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 53

سورة النحل، الآية ٥٣

16:53 Juz 14 Hizb 28 Page 272 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:53

وَمَا بِكُم مِّن نِّعْمَةٍ فَمِنَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ إِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فَإِلَيْهِ تَجْـَٔرُونَ ۝٥٣

Transliteration

wamā bikum min niʿ'matin famina l-lahi thumma idhā massakumu l-ḍuru fa-ilayhi tajarūna

Translation

And whatever you have of favor - it is from Allāh. Then when adversity touches you, to Him you cry for help.

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Verse 53 of Surah An-Nahl (16:53), 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 53

Al-Mukhtasar

Whatever blessing you - O people - have in this world or in the afterlife is from Allah, may He be glorified, and not from anyone else. Then when some calamity, sickness or poverty afflicts you, it is to Him alone that you plead in supplication to remove what has afflicted you. Thus, the One who grants blessings and who removes difficulties is the One Who must be worshipped alone.

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Other translations of verse 53

Whatever blessing you have, it is from Allah. Then when you are afflicted with hardship, to Him alone you cry out for help32.

Notes

[32] The One Who grants favors and removes hardship is to be worshiped alone.

And whatever of blessings and good things you have, it is from Allâh. Then, when harm touches you, unto Him you cry aloud for help.

And whatever of comfort ye enjoy, it is from Allah. Then, when misfortune reacheth you, unto Him ye cry for help.

And ye have no good thing but is from Allah: and moreover, when ye are touched by distress, unto Him ye cry with groans;

And whatever favor is (bestowed) on you it is from Allah; then when evil afflicts you, to Him do you cry for aid.

And whatever favor you have, (then) it is from Allah; thereafter when adversity touches you, then Him you implore.

Verse 53 word by word

  1. وَمَا wamā And whatever
  2. بِكُم bikum you have
  3. مِّن min of
  4. نِّعْمَةٍ niʿ'matin favor ن ع م
  5. فَمِنَ famina (is) from
  6. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  7. ثُمَّ thumma Then
  8. إِذَا idhā when
  9. مَسَّكُمُ massakumu touches you م س س
  10. ٱلضُّرُّ l-ḍuru the adversity ض ر ر
  11. فَإِلَيْهِ fa-ilayhi then to Him
  12. تَجْـَٔرُونَ tajarūna you cry for help ج أ ر

Verses related to verse 53

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Isra 17:67

    وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ كَفُورًا

    And when adversity touches you at sea, lost are [all] those you invoke except for Him. But when He delivers you to the land, you turn away [from Him]. And ever is man ungrateful.

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