Quran 16:18 — An-Nahl, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If you tried to count God’s blessings, you could never take them all in: He is truly most forgiving and most merciful.
وَإِنْ تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَا ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَغَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
wa-in taʿuddū niʿ'mata l-lahi lā tuḥ'ṣūhā inna l-laha laghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If you count God's blessing, you will never number it; surely God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- For, should you try to count God's blessings, you could never compute them! Behold, God is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace;
- Sahih International
- And if you should count the favors of Allāh, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 2 | تَعُدُّوا۟taʿuddū | you should count | عدد |
| 3 | نِعْمَةَniʿ'mata | the Favors of Allah | نعم |
| 4 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | the Favors of Allah | أله |
| 5 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 6 | تُحْصُوهَآ ۗtuḥ'ṣūhā | you could enumerate them | حصي |
| 7 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 8 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 9 | لَغَفُورٌۭlaghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 10 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |