Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 69 (16:69)

ٱلنَّحْل

ثُمَّ كُلِى مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ فَٱسْلُكِى سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًا ۚ يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ …

Quran 16:69 is ayah 69 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 274 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:69
ثُمَّكُلِىمِنكُلِّٱلثَّمَرَٰتِفَٱسْلُكِىسُبُلَرَبِّكِذُلُلًا ۚيَخْرُجُمِنۢبُطُونِهَاشَرَابٌمُّخْتَلِفٌأَلْوَٰنُهُۥفِيهِشِفَآءٌلِّلنَّاسِ ۗإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلََٔايَةًلِّقَوْمٍيَتَفَكَّرُونَ٦٩
thumma kulī min kulli l-thamarāti fa-us'lukī subula rabbiki dhululan yakhruju min buṭūnihā sharābun mukh'talifun alwānuhu fīhi shifāon lilnnāsi inna fī dhālika laāyatan liqawmin yatafakkarūna

Then eat from all the fruits and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you]." There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.(69)

Word by word

  1. ثُمَّthummaThen
  2. كُلِىkulīeat
  3. مِنminfrom
  4. كُلِّkulliall
  5. ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarātithe fruits
  6. فَٱسْلُكِىfa-us'lukīand follow
  7. سُبُلَsubula(the) ways
  8. رَبِّكِrabbiki(of) your Lord
  9. ذُلُلًا ۚdhululanmade smooth
  10. يَخْرُجُyakhrujuComes forth
  11. مِنۢminfrom
  12. بُطُونِهَاbuṭūnihātheir bellies
  13. شَرَابٌsharābuna drink
  14. مُّخْتَلِفٌmukh'talifun(of) varying
  15. أَلْوَٰنُهُۥalwānuhucolors
  16. فِيهِfīhiin it
  17. شِفَآءٌshifāon(is) a healing
  18. لِّلنَّاسِ ۗlilnnāsifor the mankind
  19. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  20. فِىfīin
  21. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  22. لََٔايَةًlaāyatan(is) surely a Sign
  23. لِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a people
  24. يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūnawho reflect

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