Quran Surah 16 - An-Nahl (The Bee)
Ayat 1 - THE DECREE of GOD will surely come; so do
not try to hasten it: Too glorious and high is He for what they associate with Him.
Ayat 2 - He sends the angels with revelation by His
command, to any of His creatures as He please, (saying): "Warn that there is no god but I, so fear Me."
Ayat 3 - He created the heavens and the earth with
reason. Too glorious and high is He for what they associate with Him.
Ayat 4 - Man He created from a drop of semen; and
still he becomes an open contender.
Ayat 5 - He created the cattle from whom you get warm
clothing and (other) advantages, and some you eat.
Ayat 6 - There is life and cheer for you as you drive
them home in the evening, and lead them out in the morning to graze.
Ayat 7 - They carry your burdens to lands so distant
you could not have reached without much hardship. Indeed your Lord is compassionate and kind.
Ayat 8 - He created horses, mules and donkeys for
riding and for splendour. He created other things too which you do not know.
Ayat 9 - To God leads the right path, though some
deviate. If He willed He could guide you all to the right way.
Ayat 10 - It is He who sends down water from the sky
of which you drink, and which nourishes the plants you feed your cattle,
Ayat 11 - With which He makes crops grow, and olives,
dates and grapes and fruits of every kind for you. In this is a sign for those who think.
Ayat 12 - He harnessed the day and night for you, as
also the sun, the moon and the stars, by His command. In this are signs for men who understand.
Ayat 13 - And other things of different shades has He
produced on the earth for you. In this are signs for those who reflect.
Ayat 14 - It is He who has subdued the sea that you
may eat fresh meat from it, and obtain ornaments to wear. You see the ships plough through it that you may seek of His bounties
and, perhaps, be grateful.
Ayat 15 - He placed stablisers in the earth so that
while it revolves you live undisturbed, and rivers and tracks so that you may find your way;
Ayat 16 - As well as many other signs, as by the
stars (you) find direction.
Ayat 17 - So, could one who creates be like one who
cannot? Will you not then contemplate?
Ayat 18 - If you count the favours of God you will
not be able to calculate. Assuredly God is forgiving and kind.
Ayat 19 - God knows what you hide and disclose.
Ayat 20 - , As for those they call besides God, they
cannot create a thing, and have themselves been created.
Ayat 21 - Dead, without life they are, and do not
know when they will be raised.
Ayat 22 - Your God is one God. But the hearts of
those who believe not in the life to come are filled with denial, and they are puffed up with pride.
Ayat 23 - Surely God knows what they hide and what
they disclose. He certainly does not love the proud.
Ayat 24 - For when they are asked: "What has your
Lord sent down?" they say: "Tales of long ago."
Ayat 25 - On the Day of Resurrection they will carry
their own burden and some of the load of those they have led astray without any knowledge. Oh, how evil a burden they will
carry!
Ayat 26 - Those who have gone before them had also
conspired; then God uprooted their structure from its foundation; the roof fell over them from above, and punishment came upon
them from somewhere they did not suspect.
Ayat 27 - On the Day of Resurrection He will disgrace
them and ask: "Where are My compeers for whom you contended?" Those endowed with knowledge will say: "Shame and evil surely
are for unbelievers today."
Ayat 28 - They whose souls are drawn out by the
angels while they are sinning, shall offer submission: "We did no evil." But God knows well what you did.
Ayat 29 - So enter the gates of Hell, and dwell there
for ever. How dreadful a dwelling for the haughty!
Ayat 30 - When those who took heed for themselves
would be asked: "What did your Lord send down?" They will answer: "The best." For those who do good there is good in the
world, but certainly the abode of the next is better. How excellent the home of the virtuous!
Ayat 31 - They will enter perennial gardens with
streams of water and all they wish. Thus will the pious and devout be rewarded.
Ayat 32 - When the angels receive the souls of those
who are blameless they will say: "Peace on you. Enter Paradise as recompense for what you did."
Ayat 33 - What! Do the (unbelievers) expect that the
angels should descend, or the sentence of your Lord come to pass? So had the people done before them; yet God did not wrong
them, they wronged themselves.
Ayat 34 - The evil they perpetrated overtook them,
and what they mocked has turned upon them.
Ayat 35 - The idolaters say: "If God had willed we
would not have worshipped anything apart from Him, nor would our fathers have done, nor would we have forbidden any thing
without His (leave)." So had the people done before them. Therefore it is binding on the prophets to convey the message in
clearest terms.
Ayat 36 - To every community We have sent an apostle.
(saying:) "Worship God, and keep away from all other deities." Thus some of them were guided by God, and ruin was justified
on some. Travel over the earth and see what befell those who accused (the apostles) of lies.
Ayat 37 - Even if you are eager to guide them, God
does not surely guide those who have gone astray: They will have no one to help them.
Ayat 38 - They swear emphatically in the name of God
that God will not raise the dead. On the contrary, it is a promise incumbent on Him, though most men do not understand,
Ayat 39 - For (they fear) He might make what they
differed about plain to them, and that the infidels may realise that they were liars.
Ayat 40 - Yet when We will a thing We have only to
say: "Be", and it is.
Ayat 41 - Those who left their homes in the cause of
God after having been oppressed, will be given by Us a better place in the world, and if they knew, the guerdon of the next
would be greater
Ayat 42 - (For) those who persevere and place their
trust in their Lord.
Ayat 43 - We sent before you none (as apostles) but
men, to whom We sent revelations. In case you are unaware, enquire of those who are keepers of the Oracles of God.
Ayat 44 - We had Sent them with miracles and Books;
and We have sent to you this Reminder so that you may explain distinctly to men what was sent down to them: They may haply
reflect.
Ayat 45 - Have the plotters of mischief become
unafraid that God will not split the earth to swallow them, or that punishment will not fall upon them from somewhere they do
not (even) suspect?
Ayat 46 - Or that He will not seize them as they move
about, and they will not be able to elude (His grasp);
Ayat 47 - Or He may seize them by diminishing their
portion. Yet your Lord is compassionate and kind.
Ayat 48 - Do they not see the shadows of all things
God has created incline to the right and the left, bowing in obeisance to God?
Ayat 49 - All things that move on the earth and in
the heavens, and the angels, bow in homage to God, and do not behave with pride.
Ayat 50 - They have fear of God for His power over
them, and act as commanded.
Ayat 51 - God says: "Do not take to two gods, for
there is only one God. So fear Me."
Ayat 52 - Whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth
belongs to Him, and His the judgement for ever. So will you fear any other than God?
Ayat 53 - Whatsoever the blessings you enjoy are
surely from God, and when in trouble you turn to Him in supplication.
Ayat 54 - Yet when He has delivered you from
affliction, some of you ascribe companions to your Lord
Ayat 55 - So as to deny what We have bestowed on
them. Well, enjoy yourselves, you will come to know soon.
Ayat 56 - They set aside a portion of the food We
have given them for those they do not know. By God, you will surely have to answer for all you contrive!
Ayat 57 - They attribute daughters to God, the
glorious, but for themselves whatsoever they please.
Ayat 58 - Yet when news of the birth of a daughter
reaches one of them, his face is darkened, and he is overwhelmed with silent grief,
Ayat 59 - And hides from people for shame at the
news, (at a loss) whether he should keep her with shame, or bury her in the ground. How bad is the judgement that they make!
Ayat 60 - The semblance of those who believe not in
the life to come is that of the meanest; but the semblance of God is the most sublime, for He is all-mighty and all-wise.
Ayat 61 - If God were to punish men for their
inequity He would not leave a single moving thing on earth. Yet He gives them latitude for a time ordained. When that time is
come, there will not be a moment´s delay nor a moment´s haste.
Ayat 62 - Yet they attribute to God what they find
detestable; and their tongues assert the lie that for them is only good. On the contrary, there is Fire for them, and they will
be thrown into it.
Ayat 63 - By God, We sent apostles to many a people
before you, but Satan made their acts seem attractive to them, and he is their friend this day, and a painful torment awaits
them.
Ayat 64 - We have sent down this Book to you that you
may explain to them what it is that they are differing about, and as guidance and a grace for those who believe.
Ayat 65 - God sends down water from the skies and
quickens the dead earth to a new birth. Here is a sign for those who listen.
Ayat 66 - And surely in cattle there is a lesson for
you: We give you a drink from the extract of food in their bellies and blood-purest milk so delicious to drink;
Ayat 67 - And in fruits of the date-palm and the
vine, from which you obtain inebriating drinks and excellent food. In this indeed are signs for those who understand.
Ayat 68 - Your Lord predisposed the bees to make
their hives in mountains, trees and trellices,
Ayat 69 - And suck from all fruits and flit about the
unrestricted paths of their Lord. A drink of various hues comes out of their bellies which contains medicine for men. In this
is a sign for those who reflect.
Ayat 70 - It is God who creates you, then makes you
die; and some reach the age of dotage when they forget what they had known before. God is indeed all-knowing and all-powerful.
Ayat 71 - God has favoured some of you over others in
the means of subsistence. But those who have been favoured with more do not give of their means to their dependents so that
they may become equal with them. Do they then deny God´s beneficence?
Ayat 72 - God has provided mates for you of your own
kind, and has bestowed on you sons and daughters from your mates, and has given you good things for food. Will they even then
believe in the false and deny God´s grace?
Ayat 73 - Yet they worship those apart from God who
cannot provide for them any sustenance from the heavens or the earth, nor will they have power to do so.
Ayat 74 - So do not invent similitudes for God.
Indeed God knows, and you do not know.
Ayat 75 - God presents the example of a man who is a
hired servant with no power over anything, and another on whom We have bestowed a handsome fortune, who spends from it in
private and in public: Can they be equal? Praised be God! But most men do not understand.
Ayat 76 - God presents another example of two men,
one dumb and unable to do a thing and is a burden on his master. Wherever he is sent he returns without any good (result).
Could he be equal to one who enjoins what is just, and follows the right path?
Ayat 77 - To God belong the secrets of the heavens
and the earth, and the Hour of Doom is a matter of the winking of an eye, even less, for God has certainly power over all
things.
Ayat 78 - God produced you from your mothers´ wombs
knowing nothing, but gave you ears and eyes and hearts so that you may be grateful.
Ayat 79 - Do you not see the birds held high between
the heavens and the earth? Nothing holds them (aloft) but God. There are verily signs in this for those who believe.
Ayat 80 - God has given you homes to live in, and
tents (made) from the hides of cattle convenient for days of travelling and halting; and from their wool and fur and hair you
make domestic articles and goods that last a certain time.
Ayat 81 - God has given you of things created, shade,
and places of shelter in the mountains, and clothes for protection against the heat, and coats (of mail) for defence during
war. He thus bestows His favours on you so that you may be grateful to Him.
Ayat 82 - If they still turn away, your duty is to
warn them in clear terms.
Ayat 83 - They do know the favours of God, and yet
they deny them, for most of them are not grateful.
Ayat 84 - The day We shall call a witness from every
people, the unbelievers will not be allowed to make excuses.
Ayat 85 - And when the wicked shall face the torment
it will not be decreased, nor will they be reprieved.
Ayat 86 - When the idolaters see their partners they
will call out: "O our Lord, these are the partners we invoked instead of You;" but they will retort: "You are liars."
Ayat 87 - They will offer submission to God that Day,
and the lies they fabricated will not be of the least avail.
Ayat 88 - For those who deny the truth and obstruct
(others) from the way of God, We shall add torment to torment as they were perpetrating corruption.
Ayat 89 - Remind them of the Day when We shall call
from every people a witness against them, and make you a witness over them, for We have revealed to you the Book as an
exposition of everything, and as guidance and grace and happy tidings for those who submit.
Ayat 90 - Verily God has enjoined justice, the doing
of good, and the giving of gifts to your relatives; and forbidden indecency, impropriety and oppression. He warns you so that
you may remember.
Ayat 91 - Fulfil your covenant with God, having made
the covenant, and do not break your oaths once you have sworn them, as you have made God a witness over you. Indeed God knows
what you do.
Ayat 92 - And do not be like her who untwists her
yarn having spun it into durable thread. Do not use your oaths deceitfully because one party has ascendency over you. God
surely tries you in this way: He will make it clear to you on the Day of Resurrection what you were differing about.
Ayat 93 - If God had pleased He would surely have
made you a single community of belief; but He leads whosoever He wills astray, and guides whosoever He please. But you will
surely be questioned about what you used to do.
Ayat 94 - So do not make your oaths a means of
deceiving one another, lest your foot should slip after having found its hold, and you taste of evil for having hindered
(others) from the way of God, and suffer a grievous punishment.
Ayat 95 - And do not trade God´s covenant for a
paltry price. Remember, what is with God is better for you, if only you knew!
Ayat 96 - For what you possess will pass, but what is
with God will abide. We shall certainly award those who persevere a recompense in keeping with their deeds.
Ayat 97 - We shall invest whosoever works for good,
whether man or woman, with a pleasant life, and reward them in accordance with the best of what they have done.
Ayat 98 - So, when you recite the Qur´an seek refuge
in God from Satan the execrable.
Ayat 99 - He does not have power over those who
believe and place their trust in their Lord.
Ayat 100 - His power is only over those who take him
as their patron, and those who ascribe equals (to God).
Ayat 101 - When We replace a message with another --
and God knows best what He reveals -- they say: "You have made it up;" yet most of them do not know.
Ayat 102 - You say: "It has been sent by divine
grace from your Lord with truth to strengthen those who believe, and as guidance and good news for those who have submitted (to
God)."
Ayat 103 - Yet We know what they say: "It is only a
man who instructs him." The speech of the man they imply is obscure while this is clear Arabic.
Ayat 104 - Those who do not believe in the words of
God are verily not guided by God. For them is severe punishment.
Ayat 105 - They alone invent lies who do not believe
in the words of God, and they are liars.
Ayat 106 - Whosoever denies having once believed --
unless he is forced to do so while his heart enjoys the peace of faith -- and opens his mind to disbelief will suffer the wrath
of God. Their punishment will be great,
Ayat 107 - For they loved the life of this world more
than the life to come; and God does not guide those who do not believe.
Ayat 108 - They are the ones whose hearts and ears
and eyes have been sealed by God; and these are the heedless.
Ayat 109 - They will surely be losers in the life to
come,
Ayat 110 - But (to) those who were victimised and
left their homes and then fought and endured patiently, your Lord will surely be forgiving and kind.
Ayat 111 - On the day when every soul will come
pleading for itself, and every soul will be recompensed for what it had done, no one will be wronged.
Ayat 112 - God presents the example of a town which
enjoyed peace and security, its provisions coming from everywhere in abundance, but it denied the favours of God; so God
acquainted it with intimate hunger and fear (as punishment) for what they had done.
Ayat 113 - An apostle came to them who was one of
them, but they called him a liar. Then they were seized by torment for they were sinners.
Ayat 114 - Eat the good and lawful of things that God
has given you, and be grateful for the bounty of God, if you really worship Him.
Ayat 115 - He has forbidden carrion and blood and the
flesh of the swine, and what has been killed in the name of any other but God; but if one is driven by necessity (to eat it)
without craving or reverting to it, then God is forgiving and kind.
Ayat 116 - Do not utter the lies your tongues make
up: "This is lawful, and this is forbidden," in order to impute lies to God; for they who impute lies to God will not find
fulfilment.
Ayat 117 - For them there is some enjoyment, but the
punishment is painful.
Ayat 118 - We have already told you what We have
forbidden the Jews. We did not wrong them, they wronged themselves.
Ayat 119 - To those who do wrong out of ignorance,
then repent and correct themselves, your Lord is indeed forgiving and kind.
Ayat 120 - Abraham was certainly a model of faith,
obedient to God and upright, and not one of idolaters,
Ayat 121 - Grateful to Him for His favours; so He
chose him and guided him to the path that is straight,
Ayat 122 - And gave him what is good in the world,
and in the Hereafter he will be among the righteous and the good.
Ayat 123 - So We commanded you to follow the way of
Abraham the upright who was not of idolaters.
Ayat 124 - As for the Sabbath, it was imposed on
those who had differed about it; and your Lord will tell them on the Day of Resurrection what it was they had differed about.
Ayat 125 - Call them to the path of your Lord with
wisdom and words of good advice; and reason with them in the best way possible. Your Lord surely knows who strays from His
path, and He knows those who are guided the right way.
Ayat 126 - If you have to retaliate, do so to the
extent you have been injured; but if you forbear it is best for those who bear with fortitude.
Ayat 127 - Endure with patience, for your endurance
is not without the help of God. Do not grieve for them, and do not be distressed by their plots.
Ayat 128 - God is verily with those who are pious and
devout, and those who are doers of good.