Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:14

16:14

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ ٱلْبَحْرَ لِتَأْكُلُوا۟ مِنْهُ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُوا۟ مِنْهُ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا وَتَرَى ٱلْفُلْكَ مَوَاخِرَ فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

wahuwa alladhī sakhara l-baḥra litakulū min'hu laḥman ṭariyyan watastakhrijū min'hu ḥil'yatan talbasūnahā watarā l-ful'ka mawākhira fīhi walitabtaghū min faḍlihi walaʿallakum tashkurūna

And it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat and to extract from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through it, and [He subjected it] that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

— Saheeh International

It is He who made the sea of benefit to you: you eat fresh fish from it and bring out jewellery to wear; you see the ships cutting through its waves so that you may go in search of His bounty and give thanks.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And He it is Who has subjected the sea (to you), that you eat thereof fresh tender meat (i.e. fish), and that you bring forth out of it ornaments to wear. And you see the ships ploughing through it, that you may seek (thus) of His Bounty (by transporting the goods from place to place) and that you may be grateful.

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

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Word by Word

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
سَخَّرَsakharasubjected
ٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥrathe sea
لِتَأْكُلُوا۟litakulūfor you to eat
مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
لَحْمًۭاlaḥmanmeat
طَرِيًّۭاṭariyyanfresh
وَتَسْتَخْرِجُوا۟watastakhrijūand that you bring forth
مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
حِلْيَةًۭḥil'yatanornaments
تَلْبَسُونَهَاtalbasūnahā(that) you wear them
وَتَرَىwatarāAnd you see
ٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kathe ships
مَوَاخِرَmawākhiraploughing
فِيهِfīhithrough it
وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟walitabtaghūand that you may seek
مِنminof
فَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis Bounty
وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumand that you may
تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna(be) grateful