Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:12

16:12

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ وَٱلنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَٰتٌۢ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

wasakhara lakumu al-layla wal-nahāra wal-shamsa wal-qamara wal-nujūmu musakharātun bi-amrihi inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yaʿqilūna

And He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.

— Saheeh International

By His command He has made the night and day, the sun, moon, and stars all of benefit to you. There truly are signs in this for those who use their reason.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And He has subjected to you the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; and the stars are subjected by His Command. Surely, in this are proofs for people who understand.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 14Page 268meccan

Word by Word

وَسَخَّرَwasakharaAnd He has subjected
لَكُمُlakumufor you
ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the day
وَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsaand the sun
وَٱلْقَمَرَۖwal-qamaraand the moon
وَٱلنُّجُومُwal-nujūmuand the stars
مُسَخَّرَٰتٌۢmusakharātun(are) subjected
بِأَمْرِهِۦٓۗbi-amrihiby His command
إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىfīin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) signs
لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnawho use reason