سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ

Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 18

The Bee · Meccan · Juz 14 · Page 269

وَإِن تَعُدُّوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَآ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿18﴾
And if you would count the favours of Allâh, never could you be able to count them. Truly! Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
وَإِن wa-in And if
تَعُدُّوا۟ taʿuddū you should count
نِعْمَةَ niʿ'mata the Favors of Allah
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi the Favors of Allah
لَا not
تُحْصُوهَآ ۗ tuḥ'ṣūhā you could enumerate them
إِنَّ inna Indeed
ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
لَغَفُورٌۭ laghafūrun (is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ raḥīmun Most Merciful

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(Ayah18) ➊ { وَ اِنْ تَعُدُّوْا نِعْمَةَ اللّٰهِ لَا تُحْصُوْهَا :} If you cannot even count them, then how can you give thanks? See the exegesis of Surah Ibrahim (34).
{ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَغَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ:} That is, it is His forgiveness and mercy that despite your ingratitude, He grants you countless blessings, and upon repentance and returning, He forgives all your sins. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: [ فَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا اعْتَرَفَ، ثُمَّ تَابَ تَابَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ ] "When a servant admits (his sin), then repents, Allah the Exalted becomes merciful to him." [ بخاري، المغازي، باب حدیث الإفک : ۴۱۴۱۔ مسلم : ۲۷۷۰ ] Then, for a little gratitude, He gives the best reward; the purpose is to keep the door of hope open.

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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18. And if you try to count Allah’s blessings [19], you could never enumerate them. Surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.

[19]
Counting the Blessings of Allah is Impossible:

Only a few major things have been mentioned here, but if you reflect on their details or on other things, you will find so many blessings of Allah that they cannot even be counted. What a person should have done is to become grateful to Allah because of these blessings. But instead, he started making partners with Allah. Even then, Allah, overlooking such crimes out of His kindness, continues to bestow all these blessings upon them.