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An-Nahl 7

Ayah 7 of 128 · Meccan

وَتَحۡمِلُ أَثۡقَالَكُمۡ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٖ لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ بَٰلِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ ٱلۡأَنفُسِۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمۡ لَرَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٧

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَتَحۡمِلُAnd they carrywataḥmilu
  2. أَثۡقَالَكُمۡyour loadsathqālakum
  3. إِلَىٰtoilā
  4. بَلَدٖa landbaladin
  5. لَّمۡnotlam
  6. تَكُونُواْyou couldtakūnū
  7. بَٰلِغِيهِreach itbālighīhi
  8. إِلَّاexceptillā
  9. بِشِقِّwith great troublebishiqqi
  10. ٱلۡأَنفُسِۚ(to) yourselvesl-anfusi
  11. إِنَّIndeedinna
  12. رَبَّكُمۡyour Lordrabbakum
  13. لَرَءُوفٞsurely is Most Kindlaraūfun
  14. رَّحِيمٞMost Mercifulraḥīmun

Tafsir

These livestock that We created for you carry your heavy goods when you travel to places that you would only be able to reach after bearing great hardship on yourselves. Your Lord - O People - is Kind and Merciful to you as He has subjugated these livestock to you.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran