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Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 21 (23:21)

ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ لَعِبْرَةً ۖ نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِى بُطُونِهَا وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ …

Quran 23:21 is ayah 21 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 343 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:21
وَإِنَّلَكُمْفِىٱلْأَنْعَٰمِلَعِبْرَةً ۖنُّسْقِيكُممِّمَّافِىبُطُونِهَاوَلَكُمْفِيهَامَنَٰفِعُكَثِيرَةٌوَمِنْهَاتَأْكُلُونَ٢١
wa-inna lakum fī l-anʿāmi laʿib'ratan nus'qīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihā walakum fīhā manāfiʿu kathīratun wamin'hā takulūna

And indeed, for you in livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from that which is in their bellies, and for you in them are numerous benefits, and from them you eat.(21)

Word by word

  1. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
  2. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  3. فِىfīin
  4. ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِl-anʿāmithe cattle
  5. لَعِبْرَةً ۖlaʿib'ratansurely, (is) a lesson
  6. نُّسْقِيكُمnus'qīkumWe give you drink
  7. مِّمَّاmimmāfrom what
  8. فِىfī(is) in
  9. بُطُونِهَاbuṭūnihātheir bellies
  10. وَلَكُمْwalakumand for you
  11. فِيهَاfīhāin them
  12. مَنَٰفِعُmanāfiʿu(are) benefits
  13. كَثِيرَةٌkathīratunmany
  14. وَمِنْهَاwamin'hāand of them
  15. تَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou eat

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