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Surah an-Nahl (The Bee ) 16 : 67

وَمِن ثَمَرَٰتِ ٱلنَّخِيلِ وَٱلْأَعْنَٰبِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ سَكَرًا وَرِزْقًا حَسَنًا ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And from the fruits of the palm trees and grapevines you take intoxicant and good provision. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who reason.

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Word Arabic word
(16:67:1)
(16:67:2)
thamarāti
fruits
(16:67:3)
l-nakhīli
the date-palm
(16:67:4)
wal-aʿnābi
and the grapes
(16:67:5)
tattakhidhūna
you take
(16:67:6)
(16:67:7)
sakaran
intoxicant
(16:67:8)
wariz'qan
and a provision
(16:67:9)
ḥasanan
good
(16:67:10)
(16:67:11)
(16:67:12)
(16:67:13)
laāyatan
(is) surely a Sign
(16:67:14)
liqawmin
for a people
(16:67:15)
yaʿqilūna
who use reason

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Explanatory Note

“And from the fruit of the date palms and vines you derive intoxicants and wholesome food. Surely in this there is a sign for people who use their reason.” (Verse 67)

Such fruits come out of the life which is produced through the rain pouring down from the sky. From them people make wine and other intoxicating drinks, which were not forbidden at the time this sūrah was revealed. People also derive from such fruits wholesome food. The way this verse is phrased implies that intoxicants are unwholesome, which serves as a preliminary indication of their forthcoming prohibition. The verse describes the situation as it was in practice. It does not imply that wines and intoxicants were permissible. On the contrary it hints that they will soon be forbidden. “Surely in this there is a sign for people who use their reason.” (Verse 67) People with reason are sure to realize that the provider of all these fruits and other provisions is God, the One who deserves to be worshipped.

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The following internal evidence shows that this Surah was revealed during the last Makkan stage of Prophethood:

1.         V. 41 clearly shows that persecution had forced some Muslims to emigrate to Abyssinia before the revelation of this Surah.

2.         It is evident from v. 106 that at that time the persecution of the Muslims was at its height and a problem had arisen where Muslims under persecution were being forced to utter words of blasphemy.

3.         V. 112-114 clearly refer to the end of a seven year famine that had struck Makkah some years after the beginning of Prophethood.

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