Surah An-Nahl 16:11 — translation and meaning

النحل · Verse 11 / 128 · Page 268

ۗ يُنبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ الزَّرْعَ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالنَّخِيلَ وَالْأَعْنَابَ وَمِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Word by Word

ۗ
يُنبِتُ
yunbitu
He causes to grow
لَكُم
lakum
for you
بِهِ
bihi
with it
الزَّرْعَ
al-zar'a
the crops
وَالزَّيْتُونَ
wal-zaytuna
and the olives
وَالنَّخِيلَ
wal-nakhila
and the date-palms
وَالْأَعْنَابَ
wal-a'naba
and the grapes
وَمِن
wamin
and of
كُلِّ
kulli
every kind
الثَّمَرَاتِ
al-thamarati
(of) fruits
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِي
fi
in
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
that
لَآيَةً
laayatan
surely (is) a sign
لِّقَوْمٍ
liqawmin
for a people
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
yatafakkaruna
who reflect

Transliteration

Yumbitu lakum bihiz zar'a wazzaitoona wanna kheela wal-a'naaba wa min kullis samaraat, inna fee zaalika la Aayatal liqawminy yatafakkaroon

Translation

He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines, and from all the fruits. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

With that water, Allah grows for you the crops that you eat. He also grows for you olives, date-palms and grapes as well as other types of fruit. In that water and the things that it gives rise to there is a sign of Allah’s power for people who ponder over His creation and use it as evidence of Allah’s greatness.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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