Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:78

16:78

وَٱللَّهُ أَخْرَجَكُم مِّنۢ بُطُونِ أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرَ وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ ۙ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

wal-lahu akhrajakum min buṭūni ummahātikum lā taʿlamūna shayan wajaʿala lakumu l-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afidata laʿallakum tashkurūna

And Allāh has extracted you from the wombs of your mothers not knowing a thing, and He made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect] that perhaps you would be grateful.

— Saheeh International

It is God who brought you out of your mothers’ wombs knowing nothing, and gave you hearing and sight and minds, so that you might be thankful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And Allâh has brought you out from the wombs of your mothers while you know nothing. And He gave you hearing, sight, and hearts that you might give thanks (to Allâh).

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

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Word by Word

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
أَخْرَجَكُمakhrajakumbrought you forth
مِّنۢminfrom
بُطُونِbuṭūnithe wombs
أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْummahātikum(of) your mothers
لَاlānot
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknowing
شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
لَكُمُlakumufor you
ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿathe hearing
وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرَwal-abṣāraand the sight
وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَۙwal-afidataand the hearts
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūnagive thanks