Quran 16:8 — An-Nahl, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
horses, mules, and donkeys for you to ride and use for show, and other things you know nothing about.
وَالْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةً ۚ وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
wal-khayla wal-bighāla wal-ḥamīra litarkabūhā wazīnatan wayakhluqu mā lā taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And horses, and mules, and asses, for you to ride, and as an adornment; and He creates what you know not.
- Muhammad Asad
- And (it is He who creates] horses and mules and asses for you to ride, as well as for [their] beauty: and He will yet create things of which [today] you have no knowledge.
- Sahih International
- And [He created] the horses, mules and donkeys for you to ride and [as] adornment. And He creates that which you do not know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلْخَيْلَwal-khayla | And horses | خيل |
| 2 | وَٱلْبِغَالَwal-bighāla | and mules | بغل |
| 3 | وَٱلْحَمِيرَwal-ḥamīra | and donkeys | حمر |
| 4 | لِتَرْكَبُوهَاlitarkabūhā | for you to ride them | ركب |
| 5 | وَزِينَةًۭ ۚwazīnatan | and (as) adornment | زين |
| 6 | وَيَخْلُقُwayakhluqu | And He creates | خلق |
| 7 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 8 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 9 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | you know | علم |