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Surah an-Nahl (The Bee ) 16 : 7

وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ بَٰلِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ ٱلْأَنفُسِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
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.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(16:7:1)
wataḥmilu
And they carry
(16:7:2)
athqālakum
your loads
(16:7:3)
ilā
to
(16:7:4)
baladin
a land
(16:7:5)
(16:7:6)
takūnū
you could
(16:7:7)
bālighīhi
reach it
(16:7:8)
illā
except
(16:7:9)
bishiqqi
with great trouble
(16:7:10)
l-anfusi
(to) yourselves
(16:7:11)
(16:7:12)
rabbakum
your Lord
(16:7:13)
laraūfun
surely is Most Kind
(16:7:14)
raḥīmun
Most Merciful

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Explanatory Note

Horses, mules and asses also meet other human needs. They are used as mounts to ride or, they are put on show for their beauty: “And [He creates] horses, mules and asses for you to ride or put on show.” (Verse 8) Here we encounter a particularly interesting point in the Islamic outlook of life, whereby beauty constitutes an important aspect. God’s blessing does not merely satisfy essential needs, such as food, drink and mounts. It also satisfies healthy desires beyond basic needs. Here we find satisfaction of the sense that enjoys beauty and seeks pleasure, and also satisfies human feelings that are more sublime than animal desires and needs.

“Your Lord is certainly Most Compassionate, Merciful.” (Verse 7)

This comment refers in particular to the carrying of heavy loads to distant lands which people could not reach otherwise without enduring much hardship. Thus the comment directs our attention to the great blessings that God has given us by creating cattle, and to the great mercy accompanying this blessing

 

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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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