Quran 16:81 — An-Nahl, verse 81
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is God who has given you shade from what He has created, and places of shelter in the mountains; garments to protect you from the heat, and garments to protect you in your wars. In this way He perfects His blessings on you, so that you may devote yourselves to Him.
وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِمَّا خَلَقَ ظِلَالًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ أَكْنَانًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ سَرَابِيلَ تَقِيكُمُ الْحَرَّ وَسَرَابِيلَ تَقِيكُمْ بَأْسَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْلِمُونَ
wal-lahu jaʿala lakum mimmā khalaqa ẓilālan wajaʿala lakum mina l-jibāli aknānan wajaʿala lakum sarābīla taqīkumu l-ḥara wasarābīla taqīkum basakum kadhālika yutimmu niʿ'matahu ʿalaykum laʿallakum tus'limūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And it is God who has appointed for you coverings of the things He created, and He has appointed for you of the mountains refuges, and He has appointed for you shirts to protect you from the heat, and shirts to protect you from your own violence. Even so He perfects His blessing upon you, that haply you will surrender.
- Muhammad Asad
- And among the many objects of His creation, God has appointed for you [various] means of protection: thus, He has given you in the mountains places of shelter, and has endowed you with [the ability to make] garments to protect you from heat [and cold], as well as such garments as might protect you from your [mutual] violence. In this way does He bestow the full measure of His blessings on you, so that you might surrender yourselves unto Him.
- Sahih International
- And Allāh has made for you, from that which He has created, shadows [i.e., shade] and has made for you from the mountains, shelters and has made for you garments which protect you from the heat and garments [i.e., coats of mail] which protect you from your [enemy in] battle. Thus does He complete His favor upon you that you might submit [to Him].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 2 | جَعَلَjaʿala | (has) made | جعل |
| 3 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 4 | مِّمَّاmimmā | from what | — |
| 5 | خَلَقَkhalaqa | He created | خلق |
| 6 | ظِلَـٰلًۭاẓilālan | shades | ظلل |
| 7 | وَجَعَلَwajaʿala | and (has) made | جعل |
| 8 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 9 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 10 | ٱلْجِبَالِl-jibāli | the mountains | جبل |
| 11 | أَكْنَـٰنًۭاaknānan | shelters | كنن |
| 12 | وَجَعَلَwajaʿala | and (has) made | جعل |
| 13 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 14 | سَرَٰبِيلَsarābīla | garments | سربل |
| 15 | تَقِيكُمُtaqīkumu | to protect you | وقي |
| 16 | ٱلْحَرَّl-ḥara | (from) the heat | حرر |
| 17 | وَسَرَٰبِيلَwasarābīla | and garments | سربل |
| 18 | تَقِيكُمtaqīkum | to protect you | وقي |
| 19 | بَأْسَكُمْ ۚbasakum | from your (mutual) violence | بأس |
| 20 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 21 | يُتِمُّyutimmu | He completes | تمم |
| 22 | نِعْمَتَهُۥniʿ'matahu | His Favor | نعم |
| 23 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 24 | لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | so that you may | — |
| 25 | تُسْلِمُونَtus'limūna | submit | سلم |