Quran 16:72 — An-Nahl, verse 72
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And it is God who has given you spouses from amongst yourselves and through them He has given you children and grandchildren and provided you with good things. How can they believe in falsehood and deny God’s blessings?
وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ بَنِينَ وَحَفَدَةً وَرَزَقَكُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ ۚ أَفَبِالْبَاطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَتِ اللَّهِ هُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ
wal-lahu jaʿala lakum min anfusikum azwājan wajaʿala lakum min azwājikum banīna waḥafadatan warazaqakum mina l-ṭayibāti afabil-bāṭili yu'minūna wabiniʿ'mati l-lahi hum yakfurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God has appointed for you of yourselves wives, and He has appointed for you of your wives sons and grandsons, and He has provided you of the good things. What, do they believe in vanity, and do they disbelieve in God's blessing?
- Muhammad Asad
- And God has given you mates of your own kinds and has given you, through your mates, children and children's children, and has provided for you sustenance out of the good things of life. Will men, then, [continue to] believe in things false and vain, and thus blaspheme against God's blessings? -
- Sahih International
- And Allāh has made for you from yourselves mates and has made for you from your mates sons and grandchildren and has provided for you from the good things. Then in falsehood do they believe and in the favor of Allāh they disbelieve?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 2 | جَعَلَjaʿala | (has) made | جعل |
| 3 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 4 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 5 | أَنفُسِكُمْanfusikum | yourselves | نفس |
| 6 | أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājan | spouses | زوج |
| 7 | وَجَعَلَwajaʿala | and has made | جعل |
| 8 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 9 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 10 | أَزْوَٰجِكُمazwājikum | your spouses | زوج |
| 11 | بَنِينَbanīna | sons | بني |
| 12 | وَحَفَدَةًۭwaḥafadatan | and grandsons | حفد |
| 13 | وَرَزَقَكُمwarazaqakum | and has provided for you | رزق |
| 14 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 15 | ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ ۚl-ṭayibāti | the good things | طيب |
| 16 | أَفَبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِafabil-bāṭili | Then in falsehood do | بطل |
| 17 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | they believe | أمن |
| 18 | وَبِنِعْمَتِwabiniʿ'mati | and the Favor | نعم |
| 19 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | of Allah | أله |
| 20 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 21 | يَكْفُرُونَyakfurūna | disbelieve | كفر |