Surah 16 An-Nahl — Ayah 72
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم بَنِينَ وَحَفَدَةًۭ وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ ۚ أَفَبِٱلْبَٰطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَتِ ٱللَّهِ هُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ
او الله تاسو لپاره ستاسو له جنسه جوړې پیدا كړي دي او تاسو لپاره يې ستاسو له جوړو نه زامن او لمسي پیدا كړي دي او تاسو ته يې د پاكیزه څیزونو څخه روزي دركړې ده، ایا نو په باطل باندې دوى ایمان راوړي او د الله په نعمت سره دوى كفر كوي
wal-lahu jaʿala lakum min anfusikum azwājan wajaʿala lakum min azwājikum banīna waḥafadatan warazaqakum mina l-ṭayibāti afabil-bāṭili yu'minūna wabiniʿ'mati l-lahi hum yakfurūna
Word by word
- وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
- جَعَلَ jaʿala (has) made
- لَكُم lakum for you
- مِّنْ min from
- أَنفُسِكُمْ anfusikum yourselves
- أَزْوَٰجًۭا azwājan spouses
- وَجَعَلَ wajaʿala and has made
- لَكُم lakum for you
- مِّنْ min from
- أَزْوَٰجِكُم azwājikum your spouses
- بَنِينَ banīna sons
- وَحَفَدَةًۭ waḥafadatan and grandsons
- وَرَزَقَكُم warazaqakum and has provided for you
- مِّنَ mina from
- ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ ۚ l-ṭayibāti the good things
- أَفَبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ afabil-bāṭili Then in falsehood do
- يُؤْمِنُونَ yu'minūna they believe
- وَبِنِعْمَتِ wabiniʿ'mati and the Favor
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi of Allah
- هُمْ hum they
- يَكْفُرُونَ yakfurūna disbelieve
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Among His Blessings and Signs are Mates, Children and Grandchildren
Allah mentions the blessing He has bestowed upon His servant by giving them mates from among themselves, mates of their own kind. If He had given them mates of another kind, there would be no harmony, love and mercy between them. But out of His mercy He has made the Children of Adam male and female, and has made the females wives or mates for the males. Then Allah mentions that from these wives He creates children and grandchildren, one's children's children. This was the opinion of Ibn `Abbas, `Ikrimah, Al-Hasan, Ad-Dahhak and Ibn Zayd. Shu`bah said, narrating from Abu Bishr from Sa`id bin Jubayr from Ibn `Abbas: "Children and grandchildren, who are one's children and one's children's children." It was also said that this means servants and helpers, or it means sons-in-law or in-laws. I say: if we understand
(grandsons) to refer back to wives, then it must mean children, children's children, and sons-in-law, because they are the husbands of one's daughter or the children of one's wife.
(and has granted you good provisions.) meaning your food and drink. Then Allah denounces those who associate others in worship with the One Who bestows blessings on them:
(Do they then believe in false deities), meaning idols and rivals to Allah
(and deny the favor of Allah) meaning, by concealing the blessings that Allah has given them and attributing them to others. According to a Sahih Hadith, the Prophet said:
(Allah will say to His servant on the Day of Resurrection, reminding him of His blessings: "Did I not give you a wife Did I not honor you Did I not subject horses and camels to your use, and cause you to occupy a position of leadership and honor")