Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 7 (16:7)

ٱلنَّحْل

وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ بَٰلِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ ٱلْأَنفُسِ ۚ إِنَّ …

Quran 16:7 is ayah 7 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 268 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:7
وَتَحْمِلُأَثْقَالَكُمْإِلَىٰبَلَدٍلَّمْتَكُونُوا۟بَٰلِغِيهِإِلَّابِشِقِّٱلْأَنفُسِ ۚإِنَّرَبَّكُمْلَرَءُوفٌرَّحِيمٌ٧
wataḥmilu athqālakum ilā baladin lam takūnū bālighīhi illā bishiqqi l-anfusi inna rabbakum laraūfun raḥīmun

And they carry your loads to a land you could not have reached except with difficulty to yourselves. Indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.(7)

Word by word

  1. وَتَحْمِلُwataḥmiluAnd they carry
  2. أَثْقَالَكُمْathqālakumyour loads
  3. إِلَىٰilāto
  4. بَلَدٍbaladina land
  5. لَّمْlamnot
  6. تَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou could
  7. بَٰلِغِيهِbālighīhireach it
  8. إِلَّاillāexcept
  9. بِشِقِّbishiqqiwith great trouble
  10. ٱلْأَنفُسِ ۚl-anfusi(to) yourselves
  11. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  12. رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord
  13. لَرَءُوفٌlaraūfunsurely is Most Kind
  14. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

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