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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 72

سورة النحل، الآية ٧٢

16:72 Juz 14 Hizb 28 Page 274 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:72

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم بَنِينَ وَحَفَدَةً وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ أَفَبِٱلْبَٰطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَتِ ٱللَّهِ هُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ ۝٧٢

Transliteration

wal-lahu jaʿala lakum min anfusikum azwājan wajaʿala lakum min azwājikum banīna waḥafadatan warazaqakum mina l-ṭayibāti afabil-bāṭili yu'minūna wabiniʿ'mati l-lahi hum yakfurūna

Translation

And Allāh has made for you from yourselves mates and has made for you from your mates sons and grandchildren and has provided for you from the good things. Then in falsehood do they believe and in the favor of Allāh they disbelieve?

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Verse 72 of Surah An-Nahl (16:72), 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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Allah has made for you - O people - spouses from your species whose company you can enjoy. He has made for you from your spouses children and grandchildren; and has provided you with wholesome foods such as meat, grains and fruit. Will they then believe in false idols and statues, and reject Allah's innumerable favours and not thank Him by having faith in Him alone?!

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Other translations of verse 72

Allah has made for you spouses of your own kind47, and has given you through your spouses children and grandchildren, and has given you provision from good things. Do they still believe in falsehood and deny the favors of Allah?

Notes

[47] i.e., humans in general, or the original creation of Eve out of Adam.

And Allâh has made for you Azwâj (mates or wives) of your own kind, and has made for you, from your wives, sons and grandsons, and has bestowed on you good provision. Do they then believe in false deities and deny the Favour of Allâh (by not worshipping Allâh Alone).

And Allah hath given you wives of your own kind, and hath given you, from your wives, sons and grandsons, and hath made provision of good things for you. Is it then in vanity that they believe and in the grace of Allah that they disbelieve?

And Allah has made for you mates (and companions) of your own nature, and made for you, out of them, sons and daughters and grandchildren, and provided for you sustenance of the best: will they then believe in vain things, and be ungrateful for Allah's favours?-

And Allah has made wives for you from among yourselves, and has given you sons and grandchildren from your wives, and has given you of the good things; is it then in the falsehood that they believe while it is in the favor of Allah that they disbelieve?

And Allah has made for you of yourselves spouses, and made for you from your spouses sons (i.e. sons and daughters; seeds) and grandchildren, and He has provided you of the good (things). Is it then that they believe in untruth, and in the favor of Allah they (do) disbelieve?

Verse 72 word by word

  1. وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
  2. جَعَلَ jaʿala (has) made ج ع ل
  3. لَكُم lakum for you
  4. مِّنْ min from
  5. أَنفُسِكُمْ anfusikum yourselves ن ف س
  6. أَزْوَٰجًا azwājan spouses ز و ج
  7. وَجَعَلَ wajaʿala and has made ج ع ل
  8. لَكُم lakum for you
  9. مِّنْ min from
  10. أَزْوَٰجِكُم azwājikum your spouses ز و ج
  11. بَنِينَ banīna sons ب ن ي
  12. وَحَفَدَةً waḥafadatan and grandsons ح ف د
  13. وَرَزَقَكُم warazaqakum and has provided for you ر ز ق
  14. مِّنَ mina from
  15. ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ l-ṭayibāti the good things ط ي ب
  16. أَفَبِٱلْبَٰطِلِ afabil-bāṭili Then in falsehood do ب ط ل
  17. يُؤْمِنُونَ yu'minūna they believe أ م ن
  18. وَبِنِعْمَتِ wabiniʿ'mati and the Favor ن ع م
  19. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi of Allah
  20. هُمْ hum they
  21. يَكْفُرُونَ yakfurūna disbelieve ك ف ر

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    وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا

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  • Ar-Rum 30:21

    وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا لِّتَسْكُنُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُم مَّوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةً إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

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  • An-Nahl 16:80

    وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنۢ بُيُوتِكُمْ سَكَنًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّن جُلُودِ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ بُيُوتًا تَسْتَخِفُّونَهَا يَوْمَ ظَعْنِكُمْ وَيَوْمَ إِقَامَتِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَصْوَافِهَا وَأَوْبَارِهَا وَأَشْعَارِهَآ أَثَٰثًا وَمَتَٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

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