سورة النّحل
Surah Al-Nahl 16:8
The Bee · Verse 8 of 128
وَالْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةً ۚ وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And (He has created) horses, mules and donkeys that you may ride them and look graceful. And He will yet create (for you) things of which (today) you have no knowledge.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And (He has created) horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride and use for show; and He has created (other) things of which ye have no knowledge.
Ahmed Ali
He created horses, mules and donkeys for riding and for splendour. He created other things too which you do not know.
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Ali Unal
And horses, mules and donkeys (has He created for you) to ride, as well as for ornament (the loveliness they add to your world); and (besides all that you see and know of,) He creates what you have no knowledge of.
Daryabadi
And He hath created horses and mules and asses that ye may ride there on, and as an adornment; and He createth that which ye know not.
Faridul Haque
And horses, and mules, and donkeys so that you may ride them, and for adornment; and He will create what you do not know *. (* All modern means of transport - by air, sea, land and even in space - evidence this.)
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And (He made) horses and mules and asses that you might ride upon them and as an ornament. And He creates what you know not.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And HE has created horses and mules and asses that you may ride them, and as a source of beauty. And HE will create what you do not yet know.
Muhammad Asad
And (it is He who creates] horses and mules and asses for you to ride, as well as for [their] beauty: and He will yet create things of which [today] you have no knowledge.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And (He has created) horses, mules and donkeys, for you to ride and as an adornment. And He creates (other) things of which you have no knowledge.
Muhammad Pickthall
And horses and mules and asses (hath He created) that ye may ride them, and for ornament. And He createth that which ye know not.
Muhammad Sarwar
He created horses, mules, and donkeys for you to ride and as a means of beauty. He has also created things that you do not know.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And (He made) horses and mules and asses that you might ride upon them and as an ornament; and He creates what you do not know.
Rashad Khalifa
And (He created) the horses, the mules, and the donkeys for you to ride, and for luxury. Additionally, He creates what you do not know.
Shabbir Ahmed
And He created horses, mules, and donkeys for you to ride and for joyful decor. And He will yet create things of which (today) you have no knowledge.
Commentary 16:8 In our present time, means of transportation are available which were unknown to the contemporaries of the Holy Prophet (pbuh), and we may continue to see…
وَالْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةً ۚ وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
16:8 In our present time, means of transportation are available which were unknown to the contemporaries of the Holy Prophet (pbuh), and we may continue to see yet other new forms of transport. وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ - “And He will yet create [for you] things of which [today] you have no knowledge” refer to a great prophecy, which we can witness unfolding today. A further description of such means of transportation is given in verse 16:14.