Quran 16:14 — An-Nahl, verse 14
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is He who made the sea of benefit to you: you eat fresh fish from it and bring out jewellery to wear; you see the ships cutting through its waves so that you may go in search of His bounty and give thanks.
وَهُوَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ الْبَحْرَ لِتَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُوا مِنْهُ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا وَتَرَى الْفُلْكَ مَوَاخِرَ فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِهِ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
wahuwa alladhī sakhara l-baḥra litakulū min'hu laḥman ṭariyyan watastakhrijū min'hu ḥil'yatan talbasūnahā watarā l-ful'ka mawākhira fīhi walitabtaghū min faḍlihi walaʿallakum tashkurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is He who subjected to you the sea, that you may eat of it fresh flesh, and bring forth out of it ornaments for you to wear; and thou mayest see the ships cleaving through it; and that you may seek of His bounty, and so haply you will be thankful.
- Muhammad Asad
- And He it is who has made the sea subservient [to His laws], so that you might eat fresh meat from it, and take from it gems which you may wear. And on that [very sea] one sees ships ploughing through the waves, so that you might [be able to] go forth in quest of some of His bounty, and thus have cause to be grateful [to Him].
- Sahih International
- And it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat and to extract from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through it, and [He subjected it] that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (is) the One Who | — |
| 3 | سَخَّرَsakhara | subjected | سخر |
| 4 | ٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥra | the sea | بحر |
| 5 | لِتَأْكُلُوا۟litakulū | for you to eat | أكل |
| 6 | مِنْهُmin'hu | from it | — |
| 7 | لَحْمًۭاlaḥman | meat | لحم |
| 8 | طَرِيًّۭاṭariyyan | fresh | طرو |
| 9 | وَتَسْتَخْرِجُوا۟watastakhrijū | and that you bring forth | خرج |
| 10 | مِنْهُmin'hu | from it | — |
| 11 | حِلْيَةًۭḥil'yatan | ornaments | حلي |
| 12 | تَلْبَسُونَهَاtalbasūnahā | (that) you wear them | لبس |
| 13 | وَتَرَىwatarā | And you see | رأي |
| 14 | ٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'ka | the ships | فلك |
| 15 | مَوَاخِرَmawākhira | ploughing | مخر |
| 16 | فِيهِfīhi | through it | — |
| 17 | وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟walitabtaghū | and that you may seek | بغي |
| 18 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 19 | فَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihi | His Bounty | فضل |
| 20 | وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakum | and that you may | — |
| 21 | تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna | (be) grateful | شكر |