سورة النّحل
Surah Al-Nahl 16:10
The Bee · Verse 10 of 128
هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً ۖ لَكُمْ مِنْهُ شَرَابٌ وَمِنْهُ شَجَرٌ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
He it is Who poured down water from the clouds for you. It provides you with drink; it produces the plants on which you pasture (your herds of cattle).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
It is He who sends down rain from the sky: from it ye drink, and out of it (grows) the vegetation on which ye feed your cattle.
Ahmed Ali
It is He who sends down water from the sky of which you drink, and which nourishes the plants you feed your cattle,
11 more translations
Ali Unal
He it is Who sends down from the sky water; you drink thereof, and thereof (drink) the shrubs on which you pasture your cattle.
Daryabadi
He it is who sendeth down from the heaven water for you, wherefrom is drinking and wherefrom are trees whereas ye pasture your herds.
Faridul Haque
It is He Who sent down water from the sky - you drink from it, and from it are trees you use as pasture.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He it is who sends down water from the clouds for you; it gives drink, and by it (grow) the trees on which you feed.
Maulvi Sher Ali
HE it is who sends down water from the clouds; out of it you have your drink, and there grow from it trees on which you pasture your cattle.
Muhammad Musin Khan
He it is Who sends down water (rain) from the sky; from it you drink and from it (grows) the vegetation on which you send your cattle to pasture;
Muhammad Pickthall
He it is Who sendeth down water from the sky, whence ye have drink, and whence are trees on which ye send your beasts to pasture.
Muhammad Sarwar
It is God who sends down water from the sky for you to drink and produces plants as pasture for your cattle.
Muhammed ali Shakir
He it is Who sends down water from the cloud for you; it gives drink, and by it (grow) the trees upon which you pasture.
Rashad Khalifa
He sends down from the sky water for your drink, and to grow trees for your benefit.
Shabbir Ahmed
He is the One Who sends down water from the sky for you to drink from it, and out of it grow trees for you to graze your cattle.
Commentary 16:10-11 Water from heaven also stands for Divine Revelation. In analogy, people who accept and those who reject revelation are of different character.
On 16:10–11
هُوَ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً ۖ لَّكُم مِّنْهُ شَرَابٌ وَمِنْهُ شَجَرٌ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ
16:10-11 Water from heaven also stands for Divine Revelation. In analogy, people who accept and those who reject revelation are of different character.