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Surah An-Naml, Ayah 16 (27:16)

ٱلنَّمْل

وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمَٰنُ دَاوُۥدَ ۖ وَقَالَ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ عُلِّمْنَا مَنطِقَ ٱلطَّيْرِ وَأُوتِينَا …

Quran 27:16 is ayah 16 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 378 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:16
وَوَرِثَسُلَيْمَٰنُدَاوُۥدَ ۖوَقَالَيَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّاسُعُلِّمْنَامَنطِقَٱلطَّيْرِوَأُوتِينَامِنكُلِّشَىْءٍ ۖإِنَّهَٰذَالَهُوَٱلْفَضْلُٱلْمُبِينُ١٦
wawaritha sulaymānu dāwūda waqāla yāayyuhā l-nāsu ʿullim'nā manṭiqa l-ṭayri waūtīnā min kulli shayin inna hādhā lahuwa l-faḍlu l-mubīnu

And Solomon inherited David. He said, "O people, we have been taught the language of birds, and we have been given from all things. Indeed, this is evident bounty."(16)

Word by word

  1. وَوَرِثَwawarithaAnd inherited
  2. سُلَيْمَٰنُsulaymānuSulaiman
  3. دَاوُۥدَ ۖdāwūdaDawood
  4. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
  5. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
  6. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsupeople
  7. عُلِّمْنَاʿullim'nāWe have been taught
  8. مَنطِقَmanṭiqa(the) language
  9. ٱلطَّيْرِl-ṭayri(of) the birds
  10. وَأُوتِينَاwaūtīnāand we have been given
  11. مِنminfrom
  12. كُلِّkullievery
  13. شَىْءٍ ۖshayinthing
  14. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  15. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  16. لَهُوَlahuwasurely, it
  17. ٱلْفَضْلُl-faḍlu(is) the favor
  18. ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuevident

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