Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:81

16:81

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّمَّا خَلَقَ ظِلَـٰلًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ أَكْنَـٰنًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ سَرَٰبِيلَ تَقِيكُمُ ٱلْحَرَّ وَسَرَٰبِيلَ تَقِيكُم بَأْسَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْلِمُونَ

wal-lahu jaʿala lakum mimmā khalaqa ẓilālan wajaʿala lakum mina l-jibāli aknānan wajaʿala lakum sarābīla taqīkumu l-ḥara wasarābīla taqīkum basakum kadhālika yutimmu niʿ'matahu ʿalaykum laʿallakum tus'limūna

And Allāh has made for you, from that which He has created, shadows [i.e., shade] and has made for you from the mountains, shelters and has made for you garments which protect you from the heat and garments [i.e., coats of mail] which protect you from your [enemy in] battle. Thus does He complete His favor upon you that you might submit [to Him].

— Saheeh International

It is God who has given you shade from what He has created, and places of shelter in the mountains; garments to protect you from the heat, and garments to protect you in your wars. In this way He perfects His blessings on you, so that you may devote yourselves to Him.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And Allâh has made for you out of that which He has created shades, and has made for you places of refuge in the mountains, and has made for you garments to protect you from the heat (and cold), and coats of mail to protect you from your (mutual) violence. Thus does He perfect His Favour unto you, that you may submit yourselves to His Will (in Islâm).

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

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Word by Word

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
جَعَلَjaʿala(has) made
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّمَّاmimmāfrom what
خَلَقَkhalaqaHe created
ظِلَـٰلًۭاẓilālanshades
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand (has) made
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلْجِبَالِl-jibālithe mountains
أَكْنَـٰنًۭاaknānanshelters
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand (has) made
لَكُمْlakumfor you
سَرَٰبِيلَsarābīlagarments
تَقِيكُمُtaqīkumuto protect you
ٱلْحَرَّl-ḥara(from) the heat
وَسَرَٰبِيلَwasarābīlaand garments
تَقِيكُمtaqīkumto protect you
بَأْسَكُمْۚbasakumfrom your (mutual) violence
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
يُتِمُّyutimmuHe completes
نِعْمَتَهُۥniʿ'matahuHis Favor
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تُسْلِمُونَtus'limūnasubmit