Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:64

16:64

وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّا لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ ۙ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

wamā anzalnā ʿalayka l-kitāba illā litubayyina lahumu alladhī ikh'talafū fīhi wahudan waraḥmatan liqawmin yu'minūna

And We have not revealed to you the Book, [O Muḥammad], except for you to make clear to them that wherein they have differed and as guidance and mercy for a people who believe.

— Saheeh International

We have sent down the Scripture to you only to make clear to them what they differ about, and as guidance and mercy to those who believe.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We have not sent down the Book (the Qur’an) to you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم), except that you may explain clearly unto them those things in which they differ, and (as) a guidance and a mercy for a folk who believe.

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

Juz 14Page 273meccan

Word by Word

وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَنزَلْنَاanzalnāWe revealed
عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
إِلَّاillāexcept
لِتُبَيِّنَlitubayyinathat you make clear
لَهُمُlahumuto them
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat which
ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūthey differed
فِيهِۙfīhiin it
وَهُدًۭىwahudanand (as) a guidance
وَرَحْمَةًۭwaraḥmatanand mercy
لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe