Quran 16:78 — An-Nahl, verse 78
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is God who brought you out of your mothers’ wombs knowing nothing, and gave you hearing and sight and minds, so that you might be thankful.
وَاللَّهُ أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ ۙ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
wal-lahu akhrajakum min buṭūni ummahātikum lā taʿlamūna shayan wajaʿala lakumu l-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afidata laʿallakum tashkurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And it is God who brought you forth from your mothers' wombs, and He appointed for you hearing, and sight, and hearts, that haply so you will be thankful.
- Muhammad Asad
- And God has brought you forth from your mothers' wombs knowing nothing-but He has endowed you with hearing, and sight, and minds, so that you might have cause to be grateful.
- Sahih International
- And Allāh has extracted you from the wombs of your mothers not knowing a thing, and He made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect] that perhaps you would be grateful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 2 | أَخْرَجَكُمakhrajakum | brought you forth | خرج |
| 3 | مِّنۢmin | from | — |
| 4 | بُطُونِbuṭūni | the wombs | بطن |
| 5 | أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْummahātikum | (of) your mothers | أمم |
| 6 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 7 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | knowing | علم |
| 8 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | anything | شيأ |
| 9 | وَجَعَلَwajaʿala | and made | جعل |
| 10 | لَكُمُlakumu | for you | — |
| 11 | ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿa | the hearing | سمع |
| 12 | وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرَwal-abṣāra | and the sight | بصر |
| 13 | وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ ۙwal-afidata | and the hearts | فأد |
| 14 | لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | so that you may | — |
| 15 | تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna | give thanks | شكر |