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Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 79 (16:79)

ٱلنَّحْل

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ مُسَخَّرَٰتٍ فِى جَوِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ …

Quran 16:79 is ayah 79 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 275 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:79
أَلَمْيَرَوْا۟إِلَىٱلطَّيْرِمُسَخَّرَٰتٍفِىجَوِّٱلسَّمَآءِمَايُمْسِكُهُنَّإِلَّاٱللَّهُ ۗإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلََٔايَٰتٍلِّقَوْمٍيُؤْمِنُونَ٧٩
alam yaraw ilā l-ṭayri musakharātin fī jawwi l-samāi mā yum'sikuhunna illā l-lahu inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yu'minūna

Do they not see the birds controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? None holds them up except Allāh. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.(79)

Word by word

  1. أَلَمْalamDo not
  2. يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
  3. إِلَىilātowards
  4. ٱلطَّيْرِl-ṭayrithe birds
  5. مُسَخَّرَٰتٍmusakharātincontrolled
  6. فِىfīin
  7. جَوِّjawwithe midst
  8. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi(of) the sky
  9. مَاmāNone
  10. يُمْسِكُهُنَّyum'sikuhunnaholds them up
  11. إِلَّاillāexcept
  12. ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahuAllah
  13. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  14. فِىfīin
  15. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  16. لََٔايَٰتٍlaāyātin(are) Signs
  17. لِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a people
  18. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe

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