بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَٱلزُّبُرِ ۗ وَأَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْ …

Quran 16:44 is ayah 44 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 272 of the Madani Mushaf.

Juz 14
Hizb 27
Page 272
Ruku 6
Revealed Mecca

16:44

بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِوَٱلزُّبُرِ ۗوَأَنزَلْنَآإِلَيْكَٱلذِّكْرَلِتُبَيِّنَلِلنَّاسِمَانُزِّلَإِلَيْهِمْوَلَعَلَّهُمْيَتَفَكَّرُونَ٤٤

bil-bayināti wal-zuburi wa-anzalnā ilayka l-dhik'ra litubayyina lilnnāsi mā nuzzila ilayhim walaʿallahum yatafakkarūna

[We sent them] with clear proofs and written ordinances. And We revealed to you the message [i.e., the Qur’ān] that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them and that they might give thought.(44)

Word by word

بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِbil-bayinātiWith the clear proofs
وَٱلزُّبُرِ ۗwal-zuburiand the Books
وَأَنزَلْنَآwa-anzalnāAnd We sent down
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
ٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe Remembrance
لِتُبَيِّنَlitubayyinathat you may make clear
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsito the mankind
مَاmāwhat
نُزِّلَnuzzilahas been sent down
إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
وَلَعَلَّهُمْwalaʿallahumand that they may
يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūnareflect

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