Surah Ghafir 40:80 — translation and meaning

غافر · Verse 80 / 85 · Page 476

وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَافِعُ وَلِتَبْلُغُوا عَلَيْهَا حَاجَةً فِي صُدُورِكُمْ وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى الْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَ

Word by Word

وَلَكُمْ
walakum
And for you
فِيهَا
fiha
in them
مَنَافِعُ
manafi'u
(are) benefits
وَلِتَبْلُغُوا
walitablughu
and that you may reach
عَلَيْهَا
alayha
through them
حَاجَةً
hajatan
a need
فِي
fi
(that is) in
صُدُورِكُمْ
sudurikum
your breasts
وَعَلَيْهَا
wa'alayha
and upon them
وَعَلَى
wa'ala
and upon
الْفُلْكِ
al-ful'ki
the ships
تُحْمَلُونَ
tuh'maluna
you are carried

Transliteration

Wa lakum feehaa manaafi'u wa litablughoo 'alaihaa haajatan fee sudoorikum wa 'alaihaa wa 'alal fulki tuhmaloon

Translation

And for you therein are [other] benefits and that you may realize upon them a need which is in your breasts; and upon them and upon ships you are carried.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

You have many benefits in these creations as well as ships and other modes of transport which change over time. You can use them to acquire whatever necessities you desire to be fulfilled. And from the most apparent of these needs is transportation across the land and sea.

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

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"And for you therein are [other] benefits and that you may realiz…" — Ghafir 40:80