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An-Nahl 69

Ayah 69 of 128 · Meccan

ثُمَّ كُلِي مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ فَٱسۡلُكِي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلٗاۚ يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٞ مُّخۡتَلِفٌ أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥ فِيهِ شِفَآءٞ لِّلنَّاسِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٦٩

Then eat from all the fruits1 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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., delicious substances found by the bee.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ثُمَّThenthumma
  2. كُلِيeatkulī
  3. مِنfrommin
  4. كُلِّallkulli
  5. ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِthe fruitsl-thamarāti
  6. فَٱسۡلُكِيand followfa-us'lukī
  7. سُبُلَ(the) wayssubula
  8. رَبِّكِ(of) your Lordrabbiki
  9. ذُلُلٗاۚmade smoothdhululan
  10. يَخۡرُجُComes forthyakhruju
  11. مِنۢfrommin
  12. بُطُونِهَاtheir belliesbuṭūnihā
  13. شَرَابٞa drinksharābun
  14. مُّخۡتَلِفٌ(of) varyingmukh'talifun
  15. أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥcolorsalwānuhu
  16. فِيهِin itfīhi
  17. شِفَآءٞ(is) a healingshifāon
  18. لِّلنَّاسِۚfor the mankindlilnnāsi
  19. إِنَّIndeedinna
  20. فِيinfī
  21. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  22. لَأٓيَةٗ(is) surely a Signlaāyatan
  23. لِّقَوۡمٖfor a peopleliqawmin
  24. يَتَفَكَّرُونَwho reflectyatafakkarūna

Tafsir

“Then eat of all the fruits you desire, and go along the pathways that your Lord inspires you to take that are made easy for you.” From the bellies of those bees emerges honey of different colours, such as white, yellow and other colours, which contains a cure for people that they can use to treat their sick. Surely in such inspiring of bees and in the honey that emerges from their bellies is a sign of Allah’s power and planning of the affairs of His creation for people who reflect, for they are the ones who take heed.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran