Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:66

16:66

وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ لَعِبْرَةً ۖ نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِى بُطُونِهِۦ مِنۢ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَّبَنًا خَالِصًا سَآئِغًا لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ

wa-inna lakum fī l-anʿāmi laʿib'ratan nus'qīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihi min bayni farthin wadamin labanan khāliṣan sāighan lilshāribīna

And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers.

— Saheeh International

In livestock, too, you have a lesson- We give you a drink from the contents of their bellies, between waste matter and blood, pure milk, sweet to the drinker.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And verily! In the cattle, there is a lesson for you. We give you to drink of that which is in their bellies, from between excretions and blood, pure milk; palatable to the drinkers.

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

Juz 14Page 274meccan

Word by Word

وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
لَكُمْlakumfor you
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmithe cattle
لَعِبْرَةًۭۖlaʿib'ratan(is) a lesson
نُّسْقِيكُمnus'qīkumWe give you to drink
مِّمَّاmimmāfrom what
فِىfī(is) in
بُطُونِهِۦbuṭūnihitheir bellies
مِنۢminfrom
بَيْنِbaynibetween
فَرْثٍۢfarthinbowels
وَدَمٍۢwadaminand blood
لَّبَنًاlabananmilk
خَالِصًۭاkhāliṣanpure
سَآئِغًۭاsāighanpalatable
لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَlilshāribīnato the drinkers