Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus , an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran.
This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 116th 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 (1) sūrat l-fātiḥah (The Opening) Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow) Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) Chapter (4) sūrat l-nisāa (The Women) Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food) Chapter (6) sūrat l-anʿām (The Cattle) Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) Chapter (8) sūrat l-anfāl (The Spoils of War) Chapter (9) sūrat l-tawbah (The Repentance) Chapter (10) sūrat yūnus (Jonah) Chapter (11) sūrat hūd (Hud) Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) Chapter (13) sūrat l-raʿd (The Thunder) Chapter (14) sūrat ib'rāhīm (Abraham) Chapter (15) sūrat l-ḥij'r (The Rocky Tract) Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) Chapter (19) sūrat maryam (Mary) Chapter (20) sūrat ṭā hā Chapter (21) sūrat l-anbiyāa (The Prophets) Chapter (22) sūrat l-ḥaj (The Pilgrimage) Chapter (23) sūrat l-mu'minūn (The Believers) Chapter (24) sūrat l-nūr (The Light) Chapter (25) sūrat l-fur'qān (The Criterion) Chapter (26) sūrat l-shuʿarā (The Poets) Chapter (27) sūrat l-naml (The Ants) Chapter (28) sūrat l-qaṣaṣ (The Stories) Chapter (29) sūrat l-ʿankabūt (The Spider) Chapter (30) sūrat l-rūm (The Romans) Chapter (31) sūrat luq'mān Chapter (32) sūrat l-sajdah (The Prostration) Chapter (33) sūrat l-aḥzāb (The Combined Forces) Chapter (34) sūrat saba (Sheba) Chapter (35) sūrat fāṭir (The Originator) Chapter (36) sūrat yā sīn Chapter (37) sūrat l-ṣāfāt (Those Ranges in Ranks) Chapter (38) sūrat ṣād Chapter (39) sūrat l-zumar (The Groups) Chapter (40) sūrat ghāfir (The Forgiver God) Chapter (41) sūrat fuṣṣilat (Explained in Detail) Chapter (42) sūrat l-shūrā (Consultation) Chapter (43) sūrat l-zukh'ruf (The Gold Adornment) Chapter (44) sūrat l-dukhān (The Smoke) Chapter (45) sūrat l-jāthiyah (Crouching) Chapter (46) sūrat l-aḥqāf (The Curved Sand-hills) Chapter (47) sūrat muḥammad Chapter (48) sūrat l-fatḥ (The Victory) Chapter (49) sūrat l-ḥujurāt (The Dwellings) Chapter (50) sūrat qāf Chapter (51) sūrat l-dhāriyāt (The Wind that Scatter) Chapter (52) sūrat l-ṭūr (The Mount) Chapter (53) sūrat l-najm (The Star) Chapter (54) sūrat l-qamar (The Moon) Chapter (55) sūrat l-raḥmān (The Most Gracious) Chapter (56) sūrat l-wāqiʿah (The Event) Chapter (57) sūrat l-ḥadīd (The Iron) Chapter (58) sūrat l-mujādilah (She That Disputeth) Chapter (59) sūrat l-ḥashr (The Gathering) Chapter (60) sūrat l-mum'taḥanah (The Woman to be examined) Chapter (61) sūrat l-ṣaf (The Row) Chapter (62) sūrat l-jumuʿah (Friday) Chapter (63) sūrat l-munāfiqūn (The Hypocrites) Chapter (64) sūrat l-taghābun (Mutual Loss & Gain) Chapter (65) sūrat l-ṭalāq (The Divorce) Chapter (66) sūrat l-taḥrīm (The Prohibition) Chapter (67) sūrat l-mulk (Dominion) Chapter (68) sūrat l-qalam (The Pen) Chapter (69) sūrat l-ḥāqah (The Inevitable) Chapter (70) sūrat l-maʿārij (The Ways of Ascent) Chapter (71) sūrat nūḥ Chapter (72) sūrat l-jin (The Jinn) Chapter (73) sūrat l-muzamil (The One wrapped in Garments) Chapter (74) sūrat l-mudathir (The One Enveloped) Chapter (75) sūrat l-qiyāmah (The Resurrection) Chapter (76) sūrat l-insān (Man) Chapter (77) sūrat l-mur'salāt (Those sent forth) Chapter (78) sūrat l-naba (The Great News) Chapter (79) sūrat l-nāziʿāt (Those who Pull Out) Chapter (80) sūrat ʿabasa (He frowned) Chapter (81) sūrat l-takwīr (The Overthrowing) Chapter (82) sūrat l-infiṭār (The Cleaving) Chapter (83) sūrat l-muṭafifīn (Those Who Deal in Fraud) Chapter (84) sūrat l-inshiqāq (The Splitting Asunder) Chapter (85) sūrat l-burūj (The Big Stars) Chapter (86) sūrat l-ṭāriq (The Night-Comer) Chapter (87) sūrat l-aʿlā (The Most High) Chapter (88) sūrat l-ghāshiyah (The Overwhelming) Chapter (89) sūrat l-fajr (The Dawn) Chapter (90) sūrat l-balad (The City) Chapter (91) sūrat l-shams (The Sun) Chapter (92) sūrat l-layl (The Night) Chapter (93) sūrat l-ḍuḥā (The Forenoon) Chapter (94) sūrat l-sharḥ (The Opening Forth) Chapter (95) sūrat l-tīn (The Fig) Chapter (96) sūrat l-ʿalaq (The Clot) Chapter (97) sūrat l-qadr (The Night of Decree) Chapter (98) sūrat l-bayinah (The Clear Evidence) Chapter (99) sūrat l-zalzalah (The Earthquake) Chapter (100) sūrat l-ʿādiyāt (Those That Run) Chapter (101) sūrat l-qāriʿah (The Striking Hour) Chapter (102) sūrat l-takāthur (The piling Up) Chapter (103) sūrat l-ʿaṣr (Time) Chapter (104) sūrat l-humazah (The Slanderer) Chapter (105) sūrat l-fīl (The Elephant) Chapter (106) sūrat quraysh Chapter (107) sūrat l-māʿūn (Small Kindnesses) Chapter (108) sūrat l-kawthar (A River in Paradise) Chapter (109) sūrat l-kāfirūn (The Disbelievers) Chapter (110) sūrat l-naṣr (The Help) Chapter (111) sūrat l-masad (The Palm Fibre) Chapter (112) sūrat l-ikhlāṣ (Sincerity) Chapter (113) sūrat l-falaq (The Daybreak) Chapter (114) sūrat l-nās (Mankind) Verse (16:1) Verse (16:2) Verse (16:3) Verse (16:4) Verse (16:5) Verse (16:6) Verse (16:7) Verse (16:8) Verse (16:9) Verse (16:10) Verse (16:11) Verse (16:12) Verse (16:13) Verse (16:14) Verse (16:15) 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Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees)
Sahih International : And do not say about what your tongues assert of untruth, "This is lawful and this is unlawful," to invent falsehood about Allah. Indeed, those who invent falsehood about Allah will not succeed.
Pickthall : And speak not, concerning that which your own tongues qualify (as clean or unclean), the falsehood: "This is lawful, and this is forbidden," so that ye invent a lie against Allah. Lo! those who invent a lie against Allah will not succeed.
Yusuf Ali : But say not - for any false thing that your tongues may put forth,- "This is lawful, and this is forbidden," so as to ascribe false things to Allah. For those who ascribe false things to Allah, will never prosper.
Shakir : And, for what your tongues describe, do not utter the lie, (saying) This is lawful and this is unlawful, in order to forge a lie against Allah; surely those who forge the lie against Allah shall not prosper.
Muhammad Sarwar : (Unbelievers), do not follow whatever your lying tongues may tell you is lawful or unlawful to invent lies against God. Those who invent lies against God will have no happiness.
Mohsin Khan : And say not concerning that which your tongues put forth falsely: "This is lawful and this is forbidden," so as to invent lies against Allah. Verily, those who invent lies against Allah will never prosper.
Arberry : And do not say, as to what your tongues falsely describe, 'This is lawful; and this is forbidden, so that you may forge against God falsehood; surely those who forge against God falsehood shall not prosper.
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