Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:7

16:7

وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ بَـٰلِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ ٱلْأَنفُسِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

wataḥmilu athqālakum ilā baladin lam takūnū bālighīhi illā bishiqqi l-anfusi inna rabbakum laraūfun raḥīmun

And they carry your loads to a land you could not have reached except with difficulty to yourselves. Indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.

— Saheeh International

They carry your loads to lands you yourselves could not reach without great hardship––truly your Lord is kind and merciful––

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they carry your loads to a land that you could not reach except with great trouble to yourselves. Truly, your Lord is full of Kindness, Most Merciful.

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

Juz 14Page 268meccan

Word by Word

وَتَحْمِلُwataḥmiluAnd they carry
أَثْقَالَكُمْathqālakumyour loads
إِلَىٰilāto
بَلَدٍۢbaladina land
لَّمْlamnot
تَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou could
بَـٰلِغِيهِbālighīhireach it
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِشِقِّbishiqqiwith great trouble
ٱلْأَنفُسِۚl-anfusi(to) yourselves
إِنَّinnaIndeed
رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord
لَرَءُوفٌۭlaraūfunsurely is Most Kind
رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful