Surah An-Nahl 16:127 — translation and meaning

النحل · Verse 127 / 128 · Page 281

ۚ وَاصْبِرْ وَمَا صَبْرُكَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُ فِي ضَيْقٍ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَاصْبِرْ
wa-is'bir
And be patient
وَمَا
wama
and not
صَبْرُكَ
sabruka
(is) your patience
إِلَّا
illa
but
بِاللَّهِ
bil-lahi
from Allah
وَلَا
wala
And (do) not
تَحْزَنْ
tahzan
grieve
عَلَيْهِمْ
alayhim
over them
وَلَا
wala
and (do) not
تَكُ
taku
be
فِي
fi
in
ضَيْقٍ
dayqin
distress
مِّمَّا
mimma
for what
يَمْكُرُونَ
yamkuruna
they plot

Transliteration

Wasbir wa maa sabruka illaa billaah; wa laa tahzan 'alaihim wa laa taku fee daiqim mimmaa yamkuroon

Translation

And be patient, [O Muhammad], and your patience is not but through Allah. And do not grieve over them and do not be in distress over what they conspire.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So be patient - O Messenger - over the harm that they afflict on you. You are only granted the ability to be patient by Allah’s granting it to you. Do not grieve over the disbelievers’ turning away from you, and do not let your heart be constrained by the schemes and plots they carry out.

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

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