Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:86

27:86

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

alam yaraw annā jaʿalnā al-layla liyaskunū fīhi wal-nahāra mub'ṣiran inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yu'minūna

Do they not see that We made the night that they may rest therein and the day giving sight? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

— Saheeh International

Did they not see that We gave them the night for rest, and the day for light? There truly are signs in this for those who believe.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

See they not that We have made the night for them to rest therein, and the day sight-giving? Verily, in this are Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) for the people who believe.

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

Juz 20Page 384meccan

Word by Word

أَلَمْalamDo not
يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
أَنَّاannāthat We
جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā[We] have made
ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
لِيَسْكُنُوا۟liyaskunūthat they may rest
فِيهِfīhiin it
وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the day
مُبْصِرًاۚmub'ṣirangiving visibility
إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىfīin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe