Surah An-Nahl, ayah 7
وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ بَـٰلِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ ٱلْأَنفُسِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ
And they carry your loads to a land you could not have reached except with difficulty to yourselves. Indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.
An-Nahl · 16:7
Word by word
- وَتَحْمِلُwataḥmiluAnd they carry
- أَثْقَالَكُمْathqālakumyour loads
- إِلَىٰilāto
- بَلَدٍۢbaladina land
- لَّمْlamnot
- تَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou could
- بَـٰلِغِيهِbālighīhireach it
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- بِشِقِّbishiqqiwith great trouble
- ٱلْأَنفُسِ ۚl-anfusi(to) yourselves
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord
- لَرَءُوفٌۭlaraūfunsurely is Most Kind
- رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful
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