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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 78

سورة النحل، الآية ٧٨

16:78 Juz 14 Hizb 28 Page 275 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:78

وَٱللَّهُ أَخْرَجَكُم مِّنۢ بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ۝٧٨

Transliteration

wal-lahu akhrajakum min buṭūni ummahātikum lā taʿlamūna shayan wajaʿala lakumu l-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afidata laʿallakum tashkurūna

Translation

And Allāh has extracted you from the wombs of your mothers not knowing a thing, and He made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect] that perhaps you would be grateful.

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Verse 78 of Surah An-Nahl (16:78), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 275 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 78

Al-Mukhtasar

Allah brought you - O people - out of your mothers’ wombs after the completion of the term of pregnancy, as babies not realising anything; and He gave you hearing to hear with, eyesight to see with, and hearts to reason; in the hope that you may give thanks to Him for these favours that He has given you.

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Other translations of verse 78

Allah brought you out from your mothers’ wombs not knowing anything, and He gave you hearing, sight and intellect, so that you may be grateful53.

Notes

[53] Men should use these faculties of hearing, sight, and intellect to ponder over their creation and know their Lord, be grateful to Him, and worship Him alone.

And Allâh has brought you out from the wombs of your mothers while you know nothing. And He gave you hearing, sight, and hearts that you might give thanks (to Allâh).

And Allah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers knowing nothing, and gave you hearing and sight and hearts that haply ye might give thanks.

It is He Who brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers when ye knew nothing; and He gave you hearing and sight and intelligence and affections: that ye may give thanks (to Allah).

And Allah has brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers-- you did not know anything-- and He gave you hearing and sight and hearts that you may give thanks.

And Allah brought you out of your mothers' bellies not knowing anything, and He has made for you hearing and be holdings (i.e. eyesights) and heart-sights, (i.e., perception "s") that possibly you would thank (Him).

Verse 78 word by word

  1. وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
  2. أَخْرَجَكُم akhrajakum brought you forth خ ر ج
  3. مِّنۢ min from
  4. بُطُونِ buṭūni the wombs ب ط ن
  5. أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ ummahātikum (of) your mothers أ م م
  6. لَا lā not
  7. تَعْلَمُونَ taʿlamūna knowing ع ل م
  8. شَيْـًٔا shayan anything ش ي أ
  9. وَجَعَلَ wajaʿala and made ج ع ل
  10. لَكُمُ lakumu for you
  11. ٱلسَّمْعَ l-samʿa the hearing س م ع
  12. وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ wal-abṣāra and the sight ب ص ر
  13. وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ wal-afidata and the hearts ف أ د
  14. لَعَلَّكُمْ laʿallakum so that you may
  15. تَشْكُرُونَ tashkurūna give thanks ش ك ر

Verses related to verse 78

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Mulk 67:23–24

    قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ …

    Say, "It is He who has produced you and made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful." …

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • As-Sajdah 32:9

    ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰهُ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِهِۦ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ

    Then He proportioned him and breathed into him from His [created] soul and made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful.

  • Al-Mu’minun 23:78

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ

    And it is He who produced for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful.

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