Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:79

16:79

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ مُسَخَّرَٰتٍ فِى جَوِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

alam yaraw ilā l-ṭayri musakharātin fī jawwi l-samāi mā yum'sikuhunna illā l-lahu inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yu'minūna

Do they not see the birds controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? None holds them up except Allāh. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

— Saheeh International

Do they not see the birds made to fly through the air in the sky? Nothing holds them up except God. There truly are signs in this for those who believe.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Do they not see the birds held (flying) in the midst of the sky? None holds them but Allâh [none gave them the ability to fly but Allâh]. Verily, in this are clear Ayât (proofs and signs) for people who believe (in the Oneness of Allâh).

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

Juz 14Page 275meccan

Word by Word

أَلَمْalamDo not
يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
إِلَىilātowards
ٱلطَّيْرِl-ṭayrithe birds
مُسَخَّرَٰتٍۢmusakharātincontrolled
فِىfīin
جَوِّjawwithe midst
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi(of) the sky
مَاmāNone
يُمْسِكُهُنَّyum'sikuhunnaholds them up
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱللَّهُۗl-lahuAllah
إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىfīin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātin(are) Signs
لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe