Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus , an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran.
This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 38th 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 they swear by Allah their strongest oaths [that] Allah will not resurrect one who dies. But yes - [it is] a true promise [binding] upon Him, but most of the people do not know.
Pickthall : And they swear by Allah their most binding oaths (that) Allah will not raise up him who dieth. Nay, but it is a promise (binding) upon Him in truth, but most of mankind know not,
Yusuf Ali : They swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that Allah will not raise up those who die: Nay, but it is a promise (binding) on Him in truth: but most among mankind realise it not.
Shakir : And they swear by Allah with the most energetic of their oaths: Allah will not raise up him who dies. Yea! it is a promise binding on Him, quite true, but most people do not know;
Muhammad Sarwar : They strongly swear by God that God will not bring the dead to life. God's promise (of the Resurrection) will certainly come true but many people do not know.
Mohsin Khan : And they swear by Allah their strongest oaths, that Allah will not raise up him who dies. Yes, (He will raise them up), a promise (binding) upon Him in truth, but most of mankind know not.
Arberry : have sworn by God the most earnest oaths God will never raise up him who dies; nay, it is a promise binding upon Him, but most men know not,
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