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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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وَمِن ثَمَرَٰتِ ٱلنَّخِيلِ وَٱلْأَعْنَٰبِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ سَكَرًۭا وَرِزْقًا حَسَنًا ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يَعْقِلُونَ﴿٦٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And from the fruits of the palm trees and grapevines you take intoxicant and good provision. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who reason.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمِنwaminAnd from
ثَمَرَٰتِthamarātifruits
ٱلنَّخِيلِl-nakhīlithe date-palm
وَٱلْأَعْنَـٰبِwal-aʿnābiand the grapes
تَتَّخِذُونَtattakhidhūnayou take
مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
سَكَرًۭاsakaranintoxicant
وَرِزْقًاwariz'qanand a provision
حَسَنًا ۗḥasanangood
إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَـَٔايَةًۭlaāyatan(is) surely a Sign
لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnawho use reason

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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