Quran 16:64 — An-Nahl, verse 64
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have sent down the Scripture to you only to make clear to them what they differ about, and as guidance and mercy to those who believe.
وَمَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذِي اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ ۙ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
wamā anzalnā ʿalayka l-kitāba illā litubayyina lahumu alladhī ikh'talafū fīhi wahudan waraḥmatan liqawmin yu'minūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We have not sent down upon thee the Book except that thou mayest make clear to them that whereon they were at variance, and as a guidance and as a mercy to a people who believe.
- Muhammad Asad
- And upon thee [too] have We bestowed from on' high this divine writ for no other reason than that thou might make clear unto them all [questions of faith] on which they have come to hold divergent views, and [thus offer] guidance and grace unto people who will believe.
- Sahih International
- And We have not revealed to you the Book, [O Muḥammad], except for you to make clear to them that wherein they have differed and as guidance and mercy for a people who believe.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | أَنزَلْنَاanzalnā | We revealed | نزل |
| 3 | عَلَيْكَʿalayka | to you | — |
| 4 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 5 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 6 | لِتُبَيِّنَlitubayyina | that you make clear | بين |
| 7 | لَهُمُlahumu | to them | — |
| 8 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | that which | — |
| 9 | ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafū | they differed | خلف |
| 10 | فِيهِ ۙfīhi | in it | — |
| 11 | وَهُدًۭىwahudan | and (as) a guidance | هدي |
| 12 | وَرَحْمَةًۭwaraḥmatan | and mercy | رحم |
| 13 | لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawmin | for a people | قوم |
| 14 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | who believe | أمن |