Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:121

16:121

شَاكِرًا لِّأَنْعُمِهِ ۚ ٱجْتَبَىٰهُ وَهَدَىٰهُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

shākiran li-anʿumihi ij'tabāhu wahadāhu ilā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin

[He was] grateful for His favors. He [i.e., Allāh] chose him and guided him to a straight path.

— Saheeh International

he was thankful for the blessings of God who chose him and guided him to a straight path.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(He was) thankful for His (Allâh’s) Favours. He (Allâh) chose him (as an intimate friend) and guided him to a Straight Path (Islâmic Monotheism - neither Judaism nor Christianity).

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

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Word by Word

شَاكِرًۭاshākiranThankful
لِّأَنْعُمِهِۚli-anʿumihifor His favors
ٱجْتَبَىٰهُij'tabāhuHe chose him
وَهَدَىٰهُwahadāhuand guided him
إِلَىٰilāto
صِرَٰطٍۢṣirāṭinthe way
مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīminstraight