Surah An-Naĥl (The Bee) in English

1. وتحمل أثقالكم إلى بلد لم تكونوا بالغيه إلا بشق الأنفس إن ربكم لرءوف رحيم

   7

   And they bear your burdens to towns, which you could not reach except by straining yourselves. Indeed your Lord is most kind and merciful.

   wa-taḥmilu ʾathqālakum ʾilā baladin lam takūnū bālighīhi ʾillā bi-shiqqi l-ʾanfusi ʾinna rabbakum la-raʾūfun raḥīmun

2. والخيل والبغال والحمير لتركبوها وزينة ويخلق ما لا تعلمون

   8

   And horses, mules and asses, for you to ride them, and for pomp, and He creates what you do not know.

   wa-l-khayla wa-l-bighāla wa-l-ḥamīra li-tarkabūhā wa-zīnatan wa-yakhluqu mā lā taʿlamūna

3. وعلى الله قصد السبيل ومنها جائر ولو شاء لهداكم أجمعين

   9

   With Allah rests guidance to the straight path, and some of the paths are devious, and had He wished He would have guided you all.

   wa-ʿalā llāhi qaṣdu s-sabīli wa-minhā jāʾirun wa-law shāʾa la-hadākum ʾajmaʿīna

4. هو الذي أنزل من السماء ماء لكم منه شراب ومنه شجر فيه تسيمون

   10

   It is He who sends down water from the sky: from it you get your drink and with it are [sustained] the plants wherein you pasture your herds.

   huwa lladhī ʾanzala mina s-samāʾi māʾan lakum minhu sharābun wa-minhu shajarun fīhi tusīmūna

5. ينبت لكم به الزرع والزيتون والنخيل والأعناب ومن كل الثمرات إن في ذلك لآية لقوم يتفكرون

   11

   For you He makes the crops grow with it and olives, date palms, vines, and fruits of all kinds. There is indeed a sign in that for a people who reflect.

   yunbitu lakum bihi z-zarʿa wa-z-zaytūna wa-n-nakhīla wa-l-ʾaʿnāba wa-min kulli th-thamarāti ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyatan li-qawmin yatafakkarūna

6. وسخر لكم الليل والنهار والشمس والقمر والنجوم مسخرات بأمره إن في ذلك لآيات لقوم يعقلون

   12

   He disposed the night and the day for you, and the sun, the moon and the stars are disposed by His command. There are indeed signs in that for people who exercise their reason.

   wa-sakhkhara lakumu l-layla wa-n-nahāra wa-sh-shamsa wa-l-qamara wa-n-nujūmu musakhkharātun bi-ʾamrihī ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-qawmin yaʿqilūna

7. وما ذرأ لكم في الأرض مختلفا ألوانه إن في ذلك لآية لقوم يذكرون

   13

   And [He disposed for your benefit] whatever He has created for you in the earth of diverse hues—there is indeed a sign in that for a people who take admonition.

   wa-mā dharaʾa lakum fī l-ʾarḍi mukhtalifan ʾalwānuhū ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyatan li-qawmin yadhdhakkarūna

8. وهو الذي سخر البحر لتأكلوا منه لحما طريا وتستخرجوا منه حلية تلبسونها وترى الفلك مواخر فيه ولتبتغوا من فضله ولعلكم تشكرون

   14

   It is He who disposed the sea [for your benefit] that you may eat from it fresh meat, and obtain from it ornaments which you wear, and you see the ships plowing through it, that you may seek His bounty and that you may give thanks.

   wa-huwa lladhī sakhkhara l-baḥra li-taʾkulū minhu laḥman ṭariyyan wa-tastakhrijū minhu ḥilyatan talbasūnahā wa-tarā l-fulka mawākhira fīhi wa-li-tabtaghū min faḍlihī wa-laʿallakum tashkurūna