Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:8

16:8

وَٱلْخَيْلَ وَٱلْبِغَالَ وَٱلْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةً ۚ وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

wal-khayla wal-bighāla wal-ḥamīra litarkabūhā wazīnatan wayakhluqu mā lā taʿlamūna

And [He created] the horses, mules and donkeys for you to ride and [as] adornment. And He creates that which you do not know.

— Saheeh International

horses, mules, and donkeys for you to ride and use for show, and other things you know nothing about.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (He has created) horses, mules and donkeys, for you to ride and as an adornment. And He creates (other) things of which you have no knowledge.

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

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Word by Word

وَٱلْخَيْلَwal-khaylaAnd horses
وَٱلْبِغَالَwal-bighālaand mules
وَٱلْحَمِيرَwal-ḥamīraand donkeys
لِتَرْكَبُوهَاlitarkabūhāfor you to ride them
وَزِينَةًۭۚwazīnatanand (as) adornment
وَيَخْلُقُwayakhluquAnd He creates
مَاmāwhat
لَاlānot
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know