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سُورَةُ النَّحۡلِ

Verse 16:90 · An-Nahl

Surah 16 · An-Nahl (The Bee) · Meccan · Juz 14 · Mushaf page 277

۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْإِحْسَٰنِ وَإِيتَآئِ ذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱلْبَغْىِ ۚ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

Indeed, Allah orders justice and good conduct and giving to relatives and forbids immorality and bad conduct and oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded.

Word by word

  1. إِنَّIndeed
  2. ٱللَّهَAllah
  3. يَأْمُرُcommands
  4. بِٱلْعَدْلِjustice
  5. وَٱلْإِحْسَٰنِand the good
  6. وَإِيتَآئِand giving
  7. ذِى(to) relatives
  8. ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ(to) relatives
  9. وَيَنْهَىٰand forbids
  10. عَنِ[from]
  11. ٱلْفَحْشَآءِthe immorality
  12. وَٱلْمُنكَرِand the bad
  13. وَٱلْبَغْىِ ۚand the oppression
  14. يَعِظُكُمْHe admonishes you
  15. لَعَلَّكُمْso that you may
  16. تَذَكَّرُونَtake heed

Word-by-word translation: Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh & Kausar Khatri

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