Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 107 (16:107)

ٱلنَّحْل

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا عَلَى ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى …

Quran 16:107 is ayah 107 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 279 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:107
ذَٰلِكَبِأَنَّهُمُٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ٱلْحَيَوٰةَٱلدُّنْيَاعَلَىٱلَْٔاخِرَةِوَأَنَّٱللَّهَلَايَهْدِىٱلْقَوْمَٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ١٠٧
dhālika bi-annahumu is'taḥabbū l-ḥayata l-dun'yā ʿalā l-ākhirati wa-anna l-laha lā yahdī l-qawma l-kāfirīna

That is because they preferred the worldly life over the Hereafter and that Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.(107)

Word by word

  1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)
  2. بِأَنَّهُمُbi-annahumubecause
  3. ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟is'taḥabbūthey preferred
  4. ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe life
  5. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
  6. عَلَىʿalāover
  7. ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
  8. وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
  9. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  10. لَاlā(does) not
  11. يَهْدِىyahdīguide
  12. ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
  13. ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers

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