Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 13 (16:13)

ٱلنَّحْل

وَمَا ذَرَأَ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَٰنُهُۥٓ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ …

Quran 16:13 is ayah 13 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 268 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:13
وَمَاذَرَأَلَكُمْفِىٱلْأَرْضِمُخْتَلِفًاأَلْوَٰنُهُۥٓ ۗإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلََٔايَةًلِّقَوْمٍيَذَّكَّرُونَ١٣
wamā dhara-a lakum fī l-arḍi mukh'talifan alwānuhu inna fī dhālika laāyatan liqawmin yadhakkarūna

And [He has subjected] whatever He multiplied for you on the earth of varying colors. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who remember.(13)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd whatever
  2. ذَرَأَdhara-aHe multiplied
  3. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  4. فِىfīin
  5. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  6. مُخْتَلِفًاmukh'talifan(of) varying
  7. أَلْوَٰنُهُۥٓ ۗalwānuhucolors
  8. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  9. فِىfīin
  10. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  11. لََٔايَةًlaāyatansurely (is) a sign
  12. لِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a people
  13. يَذَّكَّرُونَyadhakkarūnawho remember

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