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Al-Mu'minun 21

Ayah 21 of 118 · Meccan

وَإِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ لَعِبۡرَةٗۖ نُّسۡقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِي بُطُونِهَا وَلَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ كَثِيرَةٞ وَمِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ٢١

And indeed, for you in livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from that which is in their bellies, and for you in them are numerous benefits, and from them you eat.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِنَّAnd indeedwa-inna
  2. لَكُمۡfor youlakum
  3. فِيinfī
  4. ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِthe cattlel-anʿāmi
  5. لَعِبۡرَةٗۖsurely, (is) a lessonlaʿib'ratan
  6. نُّسۡقِيكُمWe give you drinknus'qīkum
  7. مِّمَّاfrom whatmimmā
  8. فِي(is) infī
  9. بُطُونِهَاtheir belliesbuṭūnihā
  10. وَلَكُمۡand for youwalakum
  11. فِيهَاin themfīhā
  12. مَنَٰفِعُ(are) benefitsmanāfiʿu
  13. كَثِيرَةٞmanykathīratun
  14. وَمِنۡهَاand of themwamin'hā
  15. تَأۡكُلُونَyou eattakulūna

Tafsir

O people! Indeed, you have a lesson to take from grazing livestock (camels, cows and sheep), in that you can draw conclusions from them in the power of Allah and His kindness to you. He quenches your thirst with pure, tasty milk from the bellies of these animals. You can also derive other benefits from them, like conveyance, wool, fur, bristles, together with being able to consume their meat.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran