سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ
Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 18
وَإِن تَعُدُّوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَآ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿18﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And if you would count the favours of Allâh, never could you be able to count them. Truly! Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
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
lā
not
تُحْصُوهَآ ۗ
tuḥ'ṣūhā
you could enumerate them
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَغَفُورٌۭ
laghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran (Facilitation of the Quran) is a comprehensive Quran commentary by Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. Known for his eloquent and accessible writing style, Kilani authored this tafsir with a focus on clarity — making Quranic meanings understandable to the common reader. The tafsir provides detailed historical context for verses related to battles and expeditions, and firmly refutes modernist ideologies using strong scriptural evidence. It is widely regarded as an invaluable resource for understanding the Quran and countering deviant interpretations. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
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.
[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.
