Surah An-Naĥl (The Bee) in English

1. والله أنزل من السماء ماء فأحيا به الأرض بعد موتها إن في ذلك لآية لقوم يسمعون

   65

   Allah sends down water from the sky with which He revives the earth after its death. There is indeed a sign in that for a people who listen.

   wa-llāhu ʾanzala mina s-samāʾi māʾan fa-ʾaḥyā bihi l-ʾarḍa baʿda mawtihā ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyatan li-qawmin yasmaʿūna

2. وإن لكم في الأنعام لعبرة نسقيكم مما في بطونه من بين فرث ودم لبنا خالصا سائغا للشاربين

   66

   There is indeed a lesson for you in the cattle: We give you a drink pleasant to those who drink, pure milk, which is in their bellies, between [intestinal] waste and blood.

   wa-ʾinna lakum fī l-ʾanʿāmi la-ʿibratan nusqīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihī min bayni farthin wa-damin labanan khāliṣan sāʾighan li-sh-shāribīna

3. ومن ثمرات النخيل والأعناب تتخذون منه سكرا ورزقا حسنا إن في ذلك لآية لقوم يعقلون

   67

   From the fruits of date palms and vines you draw wine and goodly provision. There are indeed signs in that for people who exercise their reason.

   wa-min thamarāti n-nakhīli wa-l-ʾaʿnābi tattakhidhūna minhu sakaran wa-rizqan ḥasanan ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyatan li-qawmin yaʿqilūna

4. وأوحى ربك إلى النحل أن اتخذي من الجبال بيوتا ومن الشجر ومما يعرشون

   68

   And your Lord inspired the bee [saying]: ‘Make your home in the mountains, and on the trees and the trellises that they erect.

   wa-ʾawḥā rabbuka ʾilā n-naḥli ʾani ttakhidhī mina l-jibāli buyūtan wa-mina sh-shajari wa-mimmā yaʿrishūna

5. ثم كلي من كل الثمرات فاسلكي سبل ربك ذللا يخرج من بطونها شراب مختلف ألوانه فيه شفاء للناس إن في ذلك لآية لقوم يتفكرون

   69

   Then eat from every [kind of] fruit and follow meekly the ways of your Lord.’ There issues from its belly a juice of diverse hues, in which there is a cure for the people. There is indeed a sign in that for a people who reflect.

   thumma kulī min kulli th-thamarāti fa-slukī subula rabbiki dhululan yakhruju min buṭūnihā sharābun mukhtalifun ʾalwānuhū fīhi shifāʾun li-n-nāsi ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyatan li-qawmin yatafakkarūna

6. والله خلقكم ثم يتوفاكم ومنكم من يرد إلى أرذل العمر لكي لا يعلم بعد علم شيئا إن الله عليم قدير

   70

   Allah has created you, then He takes you away, and there are some among you who are relegated to the nethermost age so that he knows nothing after [having possessed] some knowledge. Indeed Allah is all-knowing, all-powerful.

   wa-llāhu khalaqakum thumma yatawaffākum wa-minkum man yuraddu ʾilā ʾardhali l-ʿumuri li-kay lā yaʿlama baʿda ʿilmin shayʾan ʾinna llāha ʿalīmun qadīrun

7. والله فضل بعضكم على بعض في الرزق فما الذين فضلوا برادي رزقهم على ما ملكت أيمانهم فهم فيه سواء أفبنعمة الله يجحدون

   71

   Allah has granted some of you an advantage over others in [respect of] provision. Those who have been granted an advantage do not give over their provision to their slaves so that they become equal in its respect. What, do they deny the blessing of Allah?

   wa-llāhu faḍḍala baʿḍakum ʿalā baʿḍin fī r-rizqi fa-mā lladhīna fuḍḍilū bi-rāddī rizqihim ʿalā mā malakat ʾaymānuhum fa-hum fīhi sawāʾun ʾa-fa-bi-niʿmati llāhi yajḥadūna

8. والله جعل لكم من أنفسكم أزواجا وجعل لكم من أزواجكم بنين وحفدة ورزقكم من الطيبات أفبالباطل يؤمنون وبنعمت الله هم يكفرون

   72

   Allah made for you mates from your own selves and appointed for you children and grandchildren from your mates, and We provided you with all the good things. What, do they believe in falsehood while they deny the blessing of Allah?

   wa-llāhu jaʿala lakum min ʾanfusikum ʾazwājan wa-jaʿala lakum min ʾazwājikum banīna wa-ḥafadatan wa-razaqakum mina ṭ-ṭayyibāti ʾa-fa-bi-l-bāṭili yuʾminūna wa-bi-niʿmati llāhi hum yakfurūna