Quran 16:66 — An-Nahl, verse 66
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
In livestock, too, you have a lesson- We give you a drink from the contents of their bellies, between waste matter and blood, pure milk, sweet to the drinker.
وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْأَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةً ۖ نُسْقِيكُمْ مِمَّا فِي بُطُونِهِ مِنْ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَبَنًا خَالِصًا سَائِغًا لِلشَّارِبِينَ
wa-inna lakum fī l-anʿāmi laʿib'ratan nus'qīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihi min bayni farthin wadamin labanan khāliṣan sāighan lilshāribīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And surely in the cattle there is a lesson for you; We give you to drink of what is in their bellies, between filth and blood, pure milk, sweet to drinkers.
- Muhammad Asad
- And, behold, in the cattle [too] there is indeed a lesson for you: We give you to drink of that [fluid] which is [secreted from] within their bellies between that which is to be eliminated [from the animal's body] and [its] life-blood: milk pure and pleasant to those who drink it.
- Sahih International
- And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنَّwa-inna | And indeed | — |
| 2 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmi | the cattle | نعم |
| 5 | لَعِبْرَةًۭ ۖlaʿib'ratan | (is) a lesson | عبر |
| 6 | نُّسْقِيكُمnus'qīkum | We give you to drink | سقي |
| 7 | مِّمَّاmimmā | from what | — |
| 8 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 9 | بُطُونِهِۦbuṭūnihi | their bellies | بطن |
| 10 | مِنۢmin | from | — |
| 11 | بَيْنِbayni | between | بين |
| 12 | فَرْثٍۢfarthin | bowels | فرث |
| 13 | وَدَمٍۢwadamin | and blood | دمو |
| 14 | لَّبَنًاlabanan | milk | لبن |
| 15 | خَالِصًۭاkhāliṣan | pure | خلص |
| 16 | سَآئِغًۭاsāighan | palatable | سوغ |
| 17 | لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَlilshāribīna | to the drinkers | شرب |