Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 18 (16:18)

ٱلنَّحْل

وَإِن تَعُدُّوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَآ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Quran 16:18 is ayah 18 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 269 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:18
وَإِنتَعُدُّوا۟نِعْمَةَٱللَّهِلَاتُحْصُوهَآ ۗإِنَّٱللَّهَلَغَفُورٌرَّحِيمٌ١٨
wa-in taʿuddū niʿ'mata l-lahi lā tuḥ'ṣūhā inna l-laha laghafūrun raḥīmun

And if you should count the favors of Allāh, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.(18)

Word by word

  1. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  2. تَعُدُّوا۟taʿuddūyou should count
  3. نِعْمَةَniʿ'matathe Favors of Allah
  4. ٱللَّهِl-lahithe Favors of Allah
  5. لَاlānot
  6. تُحْصُوهَآ ۗtuḥ'ṣūhāyou could enumerate them
  7. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  8. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  9. لَغَفُورٌlaghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
  10. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

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