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Surah Nuh, Verse 16

سورة نوح، الآية ١٦

71:16 Juz 29 Hizb 57 Page 571 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 71:16

وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا ۝١٦

Transliteration

wajaʿala l-qamara fīhinna nūran wajaʿala l-shamsa sirājan

Translation

And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?

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Verse 16 of Surah Nuh (71:16), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 571 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 16

Al-Mukhtasar

“And He made the moon a light for the people of the earth, in the nearest of the heavens, also making the sun illuminating.”

Tafsir of the whole Surah Nuh

Other translations of verse 16

and has placed the moon therein as a light and the sun as a burning lamp?

And has made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?

And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?

"'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?

And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?

And He has made the moon therein for a light, and He has made the sun for a luminary?

Verse 16 word by word

  1. وَجَعَلَ wajaʿala And made ج ع ل
  2. ٱلْقَمَرَ l-qamara the moon ق م ر
  3. فِيهِنَّ fīhinna therein
  4. نُورًا nūran a light ن و ر
  5. وَجَعَلَ wajaʿala and made ج ع ل
  6. ٱلشَّمْسَ l-shamsa the sun ش م س
  7. سِرَاجًا sirājan a lamp س ر ج

Verses related to verse 16

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Yunus 10:5

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ ضِيَآءً وَٱلْقَمَرَ نُورًا وَقَدَّرَهُۥ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

    It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases - that you may know the number of years and account [of time]. Allāh has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who know.

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