سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ
Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 7
وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ بَـٰلِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ ٱلْأَنفُسِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿7﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And they carry your loads to a land that you could not reach except with great trouble to yourselves. Truly, your Lord is full of Kindness, Most Merciful.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَتَحْمِلُ
wataḥmilu
And they carry
أَثْقَالَكُمْ
athqālakum
your loads
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
بَلَدٍۢ
baladin
a land
لَّمْ
lam
not
تَكُونُوا۟
takūnū
you could
بَـٰلِغِيهِ
bālighīhi
reach it
إِلَّا
illā
except
بِشِقِّ
bishiqqi
with great trouble
ٱلْأَنفُسِ ۚ
l-anfusi
(to) yourselves
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَبَّكُمْ
rabbakum
your Lord
لَرَءُوفٌۭ
laraūfun
surely is Most Kind
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.
