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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 69

سورة النحل، الآية ٦٩

16:69 Juz 14 Hizb 28 Page 274 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:69

ثُمَّ كُلِى مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ فَٱسْلُكِى سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًا يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ فِيهِ شِفَآءٌ لِّلنَّاسِ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ۝٦٩

Transliteration

thumma kulī min kulli l-thamarāti fa-us'lukī subula rabbiki dhululan yakhruju min buṭūnihā sharābun mukh'talifun alwānuhu fīhi shifāon lilnnāsi inna fī dhālika laāyatan liqawmin yatafakkarūna

Translation

Then eat from all the fruits708 and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you]." There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.

Notes

[708] i.e., delicious substances found by the bee.

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Verse 69 of Surah An-Nahl (16:69), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 274 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 69

Al-Mukhtasar

“Then eat of all the fruits you desire, and go along the pathways that your Lord inspires you to take that are made easy for you.” From the bellies of those bees emerges honey of different colours, such as white, yellow and other colours, which contains a cure for people that they can use to treat their sick. Surely in such inspiring of bees and in the honey that emerges from their bellies is a sign of Allah’s power and planning of the affairs of His creation for people who reflect, for they are the ones who take heed.

Tafsir of the whole Surah An-Nahl

Other translations of verse 69

Then feed on every kind of fruit and follow the ways that your Lord made easy for you.” There comes out from their bellies a drink44 of various colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed, there is a sign in this for people who reflect.

Notes

[44] i.e., honey.

"Then, eat of all fruits, and follow the ways of your Lord made easy (for you)." There comes forth from their bellies, a drink of varying colour wherein is healing for men. Verily, in this is indeed a sign for people who think.

Then eat of all fruits, and follow the ways of thy Lord, made smooth (for thee). There cometh forthfrom their bellies a drink divers of hues, wherein is healing for mankind. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for people who reflect.

Then to eat of all the produce (of the earth), and find with skill the spacious paths of its Lord: there issues from within their bodies a drink of varying colours, wherein is healing for men: verily in this is a Sign for those who give thought.

Then eat of all the fruits and walk in the ways of your Lord submissively. There comes forth from within it a beverage of many colours, in which there is healing for men; most surely there is a sign in this for a people who reflect.

Thereafter eat of all (kinds of) products, (and) so insert (yourselves) (Or: follow) through the ways of your Lord, tractable (to you)." (Literally: made subservient) There comes out (Literally: goes out) of their bellies a drink of different colors, wherein is a cure for mankind. Surely in that is indeed a sign for a people who meditate.

Verse 69 word by word

  1. ثُمَّ thumma Then
  2. كُلِى kulī eat أ ك ل
  3. مِن min from
  4. كُلِّ kulli all ك ل ل
  5. ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ l-thamarāti the fruits ث م ر
  6. فَٱسْلُكِى fa-us'lukī and follow س ل ك
  7. سُبُلَ subula (the) ways س ب ل
  8. رَبِّكِ rabbiki (of) your Lord ر ب ب
  9. ذُلُلًا dhululan made smooth ذ ل ل
  10. يَخْرُجُ yakhruju Comes forth خ ر ج
  11. مِنۢ min from
  12. بُطُونِهَا buṭūnihā their bellies ب ط ن
  13. شَرَابٌ sharābun a drink ش ر ب
  14. مُّخْتَلِفٌ mukh'talifun (of) varying خ ل ف
  15. أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ alwānuhu colors ل و ن
  16. فِيهِ fīhi in it
  17. شِفَآءٌ shifāon (is) a healing ش ف ي
  18. لِّلنَّاسِ lilnnāsi for the mankind أ ن س
  19. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  20. فِى fī in
  21. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
  22. لَـَٔايَةً laāyatan (is) surely a Sign أ ي ي
  23. لِّقَوْمٍ liqawmin for a people ق و م
  24. يَتَفَكَّرُونَ yatafakkarūna who reflect ف ك ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 5684

Allah has spoken the truth, and your brother's abdomen has lied. Let him drink honey

Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: A man came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "My brother has some abdominal trouble." The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Let him drink honey." The man came for the…

اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ أَتَى الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ فَعَلْتُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ، وَكَذَبَ بَطْنُ أَخِيكَ، اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً ‏"‏‏.‏ فَسَقَاهُ فَبَرَأَ‏.‏

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri + 6 other versions Explained

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Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Isra 17:82

    وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَا هُوَ شِفَآءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا

    And We send down of the Qur’ān that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss.

  • Ya-Sin 36:72

    وَذَلَّلْنَٰهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ

    And We have tamed them for them, so some of them they ride, and some of them they eat.

  • Yunus 10:57

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَشِفَآءٌ لِّمَا فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    O mankind, there has come to you instruction from your Lord and healing for what is in the breasts and guidance and mercy for the believers.

  • Qaf 50:9

    وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً مُّبَٰرَكًا فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتٍ وَحَبَّ ٱلْحَصِيدِ

    And We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest

  • An-Nisa 4:4

    وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلنِّسَآءَ صَدُقَٰتِهِنَّ نِحْلَةً فَإِن طِبْنَ لَكُمْ عَن شَىْءٍ مِّنْهُ نَفْسًا فَكُلُوهُ هَنِيٓـًٔا مَّرِيٓـًٔا

    And give the women [upon marriage] their [bridal] gifts graciously. But if they give up willingly to you anything of it, then take it in satisfaction and ease.

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    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

  • An-Nahl 16:11

    يُنۢبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ ٱلزَّرْعَ وَٱلزَّيْتُونَ وَٱلنَّخِيلَ وَٱلْأَعْنَٰبَ وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

    He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines, and of all the fruits. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.

  • An-Naml 27:52

    فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةًۢ بِمَا ظَلَمُوٓا۟ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

    So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they had done. Indeed in that is a sign for people who know.

  • An-Nahl 16:13

    وَمَا ذَرَأَ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَٰنُهُۥٓ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

    And [He has subjected] whatever He multiplied for you on the earth of varying colors. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who remember.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:8

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:67

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

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