Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the eighth verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees)

Sahih International: And [He created] the horses, mules and donkeys for you to ride and [as] adornment. And He creates that which you do not know.

Pickthall: And horses and mules and asses (hath He created) that ye may ride them, and for ornament. And He createth that which ye know not.

Yusuf Ali: And (He has created) horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride and use for show; and He has created (other) things of which ye have no knowledge.

Shakir: And (He made) horses and mules and asses that you might ride upon them and as an ornament; and He creates what you do not know.

Muhammad Sarwar: He created horses, mules, and donkeys for you to ride and as a means of beauty. He has also created things that you do not know.

Mohsin Khan: And (He has created) horses, mules and donkeys, for you to ride and as an adornment. And He creates (other) things of which you have no knowledge.

Arberry: And horses, and mules, and asses, for you to ride, and as an adornment; and He creates what you know not.

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See Also

• Verse (16:8) Morphology - description of each Arabic word