Quran 16:12 — An-Nahl, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
By His command He has made the night and day, the sun, moon, and stars all of benefit to you. There truly are signs in this for those who use their reason.
وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ ۖ وَالنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَاتٌ بِأَمْرِهِ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
wasakhara lakumu al-layla wal-nahāra wal-shamsa wal-qamara wal-nujūmu musakharātun bi-amrihi inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yaʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And He subjected to you the night and day, and the sun and moon; and the stars are subjected by His command. Surely in that are signs for a people who understand.
- Muhammad Asad
- And He has made the night and the day and the sun and the moon subservient [to His laws, so that they be of use] to you; and all the stars are subservient to His command: in this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who use their reason!
- Sahih International
- And He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَسَخَّرَwasakhara | And He has subjected | سخر |
| 2 | لَكُمُlakumu | for you | — |
| 3 | ٱلَّيْلَal-layla | the night | ليل |
| 4 | وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāra | and the day | نهر |
| 5 | وَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsa | and the sun | شمس |
| 6 | وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖwal-qamara | and the moon | قمر |
| 7 | وَٱلنُّجُومُwal-nujūmu | and the stars | نجم |
| 8 | مُسَخَّرَٰتٌۢmusakharātun | (are) subjected | سخر |
| 9 | بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗbi-amrihi | by His command | أمر |
| 10 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 11 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 12 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 13 | لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātin | surely (are) signs | أيي |
| 14 | لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawmin | for a people | قوم |
| 15 | يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna | who use reason | عقل |