Surah An-Nahl
Quran 16:11
Read Quran 16:11 from Surah An-Nahl (The Bee) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 16:11
Therewith He causeth crops to grow for you, and the olive and the date-palm and grapes and all kinds of fruit. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for people who reflect.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 16. An-Nahl (The Bee)
- Ayah
- 11 of 128
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 16:11
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 16:11
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic. This commentary explains ayahs 16:10-11 together.
تفسير الآيتين 10 و11:ـ بذلك على كمال قدرة الله الذي أنزل هذا الماء من السحاب الرقيق اللطيف ورحمته حيث جعل فيه ماء غزيرا منه يشربون وتشرب مواشيهم ويسقون منه حروثهم فتخرج لهم الثمرات الكثيرة والنعم الغزيرة.