Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 44 (16:44)

ٱلنَّحْل

بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَٱلزُّبُرِ ۗ وَأَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْ …

Quran 16:44 is ayah 44 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 272 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:44
بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِوَٱلزُّبُرِ ۗوَأَنزَلْنَآإِلَيْكَٱلذِّكْرَلِتُبَيِّنَلِلنَّاسِمَانُزِّلَإِلَيْهِمْوَلَعَلَّهُمْيَتَفَكَّرُونَ٤٤
bil-bayināti wal-zuburi wa-anzalnā ilayka l-dhik'ra litubayyina lilnnāsi mā nuzzila ilayhim walaʿallahum yatafakkarūna

[We sent them] with clear proofs and written ordinances. And We revealed to you the message [i.e., the Qur’ān] that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them and that they might give thought.(44)

Word by word

  1. بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِbil-bayinātiWith the clear proofs
  2. وَٱلزُّبُرِ ۗwal-zuburiand the Books
  3. وَأَنزَلْنَآwa-anzalnāAnd We sent down
  4. إِلَيْكَilaykato you
  5. ٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe Remembrance
  6. لِتُبَيِّنَlitubayyinathat you may make clear
  7. لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsito the mankind
  8. مَاmāwhat
  9. نُزِّلَnuzzilahas been sent down
  10. إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
  11. وَلَعَلَّهُمْwalaʿallahumand that they may
  12. يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūnareflect

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