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An-Nahl 78

Ayah 78 of 128 · Meccan

وَٱللَّهُ أَخۡرَجَكُم مِّنۢ بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ شَيۡـٔٗا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ٧٨

And Allāh has extracted you from the wombs of your mothers not knowing a thing, and He made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect] that perhaps you would be grateful.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  2. أَخۡرَجَكُمbrought you forthakhrajakum
  3. مِّنۢfrommin
  4. بُطُونِthe wombsbuṭūni
  5. أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡ(of) your mothersummahātikum
  6. لَاnotlā
  7. تَعۡلَمُونَknowingtaʿlamūna
  8. شَيۡـٔٗاanythingshayan
  9. وَجَعَلَand madewajaʿala
  10. لَكُمُfor youlakumu
  11. ٱلسَّمۡعَthe hearingl-samʿa
  12. وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَand the sightwal-abṣāra
  13. وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَand the heartswal-afidata
  14. لَعَلَّكُمۡso that you maylaʿallakum
  15. تَشۡكُرُونَgive thankstashkurūna

Tafsir

Allah brought you - O people - out of your mothers’ wombs after the completion of the term of pregnancy, as babies not realising anything; and He gave you hearing to hear with, eyesight to see with, and hearts to reason; in the hope that you may give thanks to Him for these favours that He has given you.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran