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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ لَعِبْرَةًۭ ۖ نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِى بُطُونِهِۦ مِنۢ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍۢ وَدَمٍۢ لَّبَنًا خَالِصًۭا سَآئِغًۭا لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ﴿٦٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
لَكُمْlakumfor you
فِىin
ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmithe cattle
لَعِبْرَةًۭ ۖlaʿib'ratan(is) a lesson
نُّسْقِيكُمnus'qīkumWe give you to drink
مِّمَّاmimmāfrom what
فِى(is) in
بُطُونِهِۦbuṭūnihitheir bellies
مِنۢminfrom
بَيْنِbaynibetween
فَرْثٍۢfarthinbowels
وَدَمٍۢwadaminand blood
لَّبَنًاlabananmilk
خَالِصًۭاkhāliṣanpure
سَآئِغًۭاsāighanpalatable
لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَlilshāribīnato the drinkers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Lessons and Blessings in Cattle and the Fruit of the Date-palm and Grapevineوَإِنَّ لَكُمْ(there is for you) - O mankind - فِى الاٌّنْعَـمِ(in the cattle) - meaning camels, cows and sheep, لَعِبْرَةً(a lesson) meaning a sign and an evidence of the wisdom, power, mercy and kindness of the Creator. نُّسْقِيكُمْ مِّمَّا فِى بُطُونِهِ(We have made a drink for you out of what is in its belly) meaning its singular forms refers to one cattle, or it could refer to the whole species.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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