Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 64 (16:64)

ٱلنَّحْل

وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ إِلَّا لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ ۙ وَهُدًى …

Quran 16:64 is ayah 64 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 273 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:64
وَمَآأَنزَلْنَاعَلَيْكَٱلْكِتَٰبَإِلَّالِتُبَيِّنَلَهُمُٱلَّذِىٱخْتَلَفُوا۟فِيهِ ۙوَهُدًىوَرَحْمَةًلِّقَوْمٍيُؤْمِنُونَ٦٤
wamā anzalnā ʿalayka l-kitāba illā litubayyina lahumu alladhī ikh'talafū fīhi wahudan waraḥmatan liqawmin yu'minūna

And We have not revealed to you the Book, [O Muḥammad], except for you to make clear to them that wherein they have differed and as guidance and mercy for a people who believe.(64)

Word by word

  1. وَمَآwamāAnd not
  2. أَنزَلْنَاanzalnāWe revealed
  3. عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
  4. ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Book
  5. إِلَّاillāexcept
  6. لِتُبَيِّنَlitubayyinathat you make clear
  7. لَهُمُlahumuto them
  8. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat which
  9. ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūthey differed
  10. فِيهِ ۙfīhiin it
  11. وَهُدًىwahudanand (as) a guidance
  12. وَرَحْمَةًwaraḥmatanand mercy
  13. لِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a people
  14. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe

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