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An-Nahl 67

Ayah 67 of 128 · Meccan

وَمِن ثَمَرَٰتِ ٱلنَّخِيلِ وَٱلۡأَعۡنَٰبِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنۡهُ سَكَرٗا وَرِزۡقًا حَسَنًاۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٧

And from the fruits of the palm trees and grapevines you take intoxicant and good provision.1 Indeed in that is a sign for a people who reason.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 This verse was revealed before the prohibition of intoxicants. It alludes to the fact that there are both evil and good possibilities in certain things.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمِنAnd fromwamin
  2. ثَمَرَٰتِfruitsthamarāti
  3. ٱلنَّخِيلِthe date-palml-nakhīli
  4. وَٱلۡأَعۡنَٰبِand the grapeswal-aʿnābi
  5. تَتَّخِذُونَyou taketattakhidhūna
  6. مِنۡهُfrom itmin'hu
  7. سَكَرٗاintoxicantsakaran
  8. وَرِزۡقًاand a provisionwariz'qan
  9. حَسَنًاۚgoodḥasanan
  10. إِنَّIndeedinna
  11. فِيinfī
  12. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  13. لَأٓيَةٗ(is) surely a Signlaāyatan
  14. لِّقَوۡمٖfor a peopleliqawmin
  15. يَعۡقِلُونَwho use reasonyaʿqilūna

Tafsir

There is a lesson for you in the provision We give you from the fruits of date palms and grapes. From them you make intoxicants that affect the mind, which are not good, and you also take from them a good provision that is of benefit to you such as dates, raisins, vinegar and trickle. In this there truly is a sign of Allah’s power and favour to His servants for people who use their reason, for they are the ones who take heed.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran