Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 11 (16:11)

ٱلنَّحْل

يُنۢبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ ٱلزَّرْعَ وَٱلزَّيْتُونَ وَٱلنَّخِيلَ وَٱلْأَعْنَٰبَ وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۗ إِنَّ …

Quran 16:11 is ayah 11 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 268 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:11
يُنۢبِتُلَكُمبِهِٱلزَّرْعَوَٱلزَّيْتُونَوَٱلنَّخِيلَوَٱلْأَعْنَٰبَوَمِنكُلِّٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۗإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلََٔايَةًلِّقَوْمٍيَتَفَكَّرُونَ١١
yunbitu lakum bihi l-zarʿa wal-zaytūna wal-nakhīla wal-aʿnāba wamin kulli l-thamarāti inna fī dhālika laāyatan liqawmin yatafakkarūna

He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines, and of all the fruits. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.(11)

Word by word

  1. يُنۢبِتُyunbituHe causes to grow
  2. لَكُمlakumfor you
  3. بِهِbihiwith it
  4. ٱلزَّرْعَl-zarʿathe crops
  5. وَٱلزَّيْتُونَwal-zaytūnaand the olives
  6. وَٱلنَّخِيلَwal-nakhīlaand the date-palms
  7. وَٱلْأَعْنَٰبَwal-aʿnābaand the grapes
  8. وَمِنwaminand of
  9. كُلِّkullievery kind
  10. ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۗl-thamarāti(of) fruits
  11. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  12. فِىfīin
  13. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  14. لََٔايَةًlaāyatansurely (is) a sign
  15. لِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a people
  16. يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūnawho reflect

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