Quran 16:79 — An-Nahl, verse 79
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do they not see the birds made to fly through the air in the sky? Nothing holds them up except God. There truly are signs in this for those who believe.
أَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الطَّيْرِ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ فِي جَوِّ السَّمَاءِ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
alam yaraw ilā l-ṭayri musakharātin fī jawwi l-samāi mā yum'sikuhunna illā l-lahu inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yu'minūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Have they not regarded the birds, that are subjected in the air of heaven? Naught holds them but God; surely in that are signs for' a people who believe.
- Muhammad Asad
- Have, then, they [who deny the truth] never considered the birds, enabled [by God] to fly in mid-air, with none but God holding them aloft? In this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who will believe!
- Sahih International
- Do they not see the birds controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? None holds them up except Allāh. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَمْalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | يَرَوْا۟yaraw | they see | رأي |
| 3 | إِلَىilā | towards | — |
| 4 | ٱلطَّيْرِl-ṭayri | the birds | طير |
| 5 | مُسَخَّرَٰتٍۢmusakharātin | controlled | سخر |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | جَوِّjawwi | the midst | جوو |
| 8 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | (of) the sky | سمو |
| 9 | مَاmā | None | — |
| 10 | يُمْسِكُهُنَّyum'sikuhunna | holds them up | مسك |
| 11 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 12 | ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 13 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 14 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 15 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 16 | لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātin | (are) Signs | أيي |
| 17 | لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawmin | for a people | قوم |
| 18 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | who believe | أمن |