Quran 16:7 — An-Nahl, verse 7
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They carry your loads to lands you yourselves could not reach without great hardship––truly your Lord is kind and merciful––
وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَمْ تَكُونُوا بَالِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ الْأَنْفُسِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ
wataḥmilu athqālakum ilā baladin lam takūnū bālighīhi illā bishiqqi l-anfusi inna rabbakum laraūfun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and they bear your loads unto a land that you never would reach, excepting with great distress. Surely your Lord is All-clement, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- And they carry your loads to [many] a place which [otherwise] you would be unable to reach without great hardship to yourselves. Verily, your Sustainer is most compassionate, a dispenser of grace!
- Sahih International
- And they carry your loads to a land you could not have reached except with difficulty to yourselves. Indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَتَحْمِلُwataḥmilu | And they carry | حمل |
| 2 | أَثْقَالَكُمْathqālakum | your loads | ثقل |
| 3 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 4 | بَلَدٍۢbaladin | a land | بلد |
| 5 | لَّمْlam | not | — |
| 6 | تَكُونُوا۟takūnū | you could | كون |
| 7 | بَـٰلِغِيهِbālighīhi | reach it | بلغ |
| 8 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 9 | بِشِقِّbishiqqi | with great trouble | شقق |
| 10 | ٱلْأَنفُسِ ۚl-anfusi | (to) yourselves | نفس |
| 11 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 12 | رَبَّكُمْrabbakum | your Lord | ربب |
| 13 | لَرَءُوفٌۭlaraūfun | surely is Most Kind | رأف |
| 14 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |