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An-Nahl (The Bee)

Verse 69of 128

ثُمَّ كُلِى مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ فَٱسْلُكِى سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًۭا ۚ يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌۭ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ فِيهِ شِفَآءٌۭ لِّلنَّاسِ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ﴿٦٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Then eat from all the fruits and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you]." There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.

Word-by-word meaning

ثُمَّthummaThen
كُلِىkulīeat
مِنminfrom
كُلِّkulliall
ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarātithe fruits
فَٱسْلُكِىfa-us'lukīand follow
سُبُلَsubula(the) ways
رَبِّكِrabbiki(of) your Lord
ذُلُلًۭا ۚdhululanmade smooth
يَخْرُجُyakhrujuComes forth
مِنۢminfrom
بُطُونِهَاbuṭūnihātheir bellies
شَرَابٌۭsharābuna drink
مُّخْتَلِفٌmukh'talifun(of) varying
أَلْوَٰنُهُۥalwānuhucolors
فِيهِfīhiin it
شِفَآءٌۭshifāon(is) a healing
لِّلنَّاسِ ۗlilnnāsifor the mankind
إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَـَٔايَةًۭlaāyatan(is) surely a Sign
لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūnawho reflect

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

In the Bee and its Honey there is Blessing and a LessonWhat is meant by inspiration here is guidance. The bee is guided to make its home in the mountains, in trees and in structures erected by man. The bee's home is a solid structure, with its hexagonal shapes and interlocking forms there is no looseness in its combs.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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