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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 8

سورة النحل، الآية ٨

16:8 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 268 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:8

وَٱلْخَيْلَ وَٱلْبِغَالَ وَٱلْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةً وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٨

Transliteration

wal-khayla wal-bighāla wal-ḥamīra litarkabūhā wazīnatan wayakhluqu mā lā taʿlamūna

Translation

And [He created] the horses, mules and donkeys for you to ride and [as] adornment. And He creates that which you do not know.

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Verse 8 of Surah An-Nahl (16:8), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 268 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 8

Al-Mukhtasar

He created horses, mules and donkeys for you to ride and carry your goods on and for them to be an adornment for you that you can beautify yourselves with amongst people. He will create in the future means of transport and other things that you do not know about.

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Other translations of verse 8

And [He created] the horses, mules and donkeys for you to ride and for adornment, and He creates other things that you do not know.

And (He has created) horses, mules and donkeys, for you to ride and as an adornment. And He creates (other) things of which you have no knowledge.

And horses and mules and asses (hath He created) that ye may ride them, and for ornament. And He createth that which ye know not.

And (He has created) horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride and use for show; and He has created (other) things of which ye have no knowledge.

And (He made) horses and mules and asses that you might ride upon them and as an ornament; and He creates what you do not know.

And horses and mules and asses for you to ride, and as an adornment; and He creates what you do not know.

Verse 8 word by word

  1. وَٱلْخَيْلَ wal-khayla And horses خ ي ل
  2. وَٱلْبِغَالَ wal-bighāla and mules ب غ ل
  3. وَٱلْحَمِيرَ wal-ḥamīra and donkeys ح م ر
  4. لِتَرْكَبُوهَا litarkabūhā for you to ride them ر ك ب
  5. وَزِينَةً wazīnatan and (as) adornment ز ي ن
  6. وَيَخْلُقُ wayakhluqu And He creates خ ل ق
  7. مَا mā what
  8. لَا lā not
  9. تَعْلَمُونَ taʿlamūna you know ع ل م

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 2863

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) fixed two shares for the horse and one share for its rider (from the war booty).

جَعَلَ لِلْفَرَسِ سَهْمَيْنِ وَلِصَاحِبِهِ سَهْمًا‏.‏ وَقَالَ مَالِكٌ يُسْهَمُ لِلْخَيْلِ وَالْبَرَاذِينِ مِنْهَا لِقَوْلِهِ ‏‏{‏وَالْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا‏}‏ وَلاَ يُسْهَمُ لأَكْثَرَ مِنْ…

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

Weak Muwatta Malik 982

Yahya related to me that Malik said that he had heard that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz used to say, "The man on horse-back has two shares, and the man on foot has one." Malik added, "I continue to hear the same." Malik, when asked whether a man who was present with several horses took a share for all of…

حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، كَانَ يَقُولُ لِلْفَرَسِ سَهْمَانِ وَلِلرَّجُلِ سَهْمٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَسْمَعُ ذَلِكَ ‏.‏ وَسُئِلَ مَالِكٌ…

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