Translation of the meanings Surah An-Nahl - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - Page Number 268 - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

7 : 16

وَتَحۡمِلُ أَثۡقَالَكُمۡ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٖ لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ بَٰلِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ ٱلۡأَنفُسِۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمۡ لَرَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٞ

7. And they carry your heavy loads to a land which you could not reach except with great trouble to (your bodies and) selves. Indeed, your Lord (Allāh) is certainly Ever-Kind, All-Merciful.

8 : 16

وَٱلۡخَيۡلَ وَٱلۡبِغَالَ وَٱلۡحَمِيرَ لِتَرۡكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةٗۚ وَيَخۡلُقُ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ

8. (He created) the horses, mules, and donkeys for you to ride and as an adornment. He will yet create what you do not know ^[6].

[6]. All means of transport - by air, sea, land and even in space, which became possible only by His power and grace.

9 : 16

وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ قَصۡدُ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمِنۡهَا جَآئِرٞۚ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ لَهَدَىٰكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ

9. And upon Allāh is (the direction of) the moderate path (that has no extremes or excesses) ^[7], and among it, (the paths) is deviant ^[8]. Had Allāh willed, He could have guided you all aright (but He gave us freedom of choice).

[7]. Islâmic Monotheism for mankind i.e. to show them legal and illegal, good and evil things; so whosoever accepts the guidance, it will be for his own benefit and whosoever goes astray, it will be for his own destruction.
[8]. Such as Paganism, Judaism and Christianity.

10 : 16

هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗۖ لَّكُم مِّنۡهُ شَرَابٞ وَمِنۡهُ شَجَرٞ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ

10. It is He (Allāh) Who sends down water from the sky, from it you drink, and from it (grows) foliage wherein you graze (your cattle).

11 : 16

يُنۢبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ ٱلزَّرۡعَ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونَ وَٱلنَّخِيلَ وَٱلۡأَعۡنَٰبَ وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

11. He causes to grow for you thereby corn, 'rice', olives, palm trees, grapevines, and of all fruits. There is certainly a Sign in this for a people who reflect ^[9].

[9]. Allāh reveals himself through the Qur’an. The Qur’an is Allah's very Word. It is the holy and inerrant Book, telling us who Allāh is, who we are, and what Allāh has done for us. Allāh also revealed himself also through His last and final messenger, the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him, and through the other prophets before him such as Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus Christ, peace be upon them all. For Allah's blessings and favors are unlimited.

12 : 16

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ وَٱلنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَٰتُۢ بِأَمۡرِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ

12. He has subjected for you the night and the day, the sun and the moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. In this there are certainly Signs for a people who understand ^[10].

[10]. The Oneness of God, His being and His attributes. It is to believe and testify with absolute certainty that there is no other partner as such besides Allāh, that there exists no other being as High and Exalted that He is, and also to believe in all the Attributes of Allāh, and there can be none who can possess them.

13 : 16

وَمَا ذَرَأَ لَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُخۡتَلِفًا أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

13. And all that He has created for you on earth of varying colors. In this there is certainly a Sign for a people who heed.

14 : 16

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي سَخَّرَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ لِتَأۡكُلُواْ مِنۡهُ لَحۡمٗا طَرِيّٗا وَتَسۡتَخۡرِجُواْ مِنۡهُ حِلۡيَةٗ تَلۡبَسُونَهَاۖ وَتَرَى ٱلۡفُلۡكَ مَوَاخِرَ فِيهِ وَلِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ

14. It is He (Allāh) Who has subjected the sea, so that you may eat from it fresh flesh and bring forth from it ornaments which you wear. You see the ships plowing through it, that you might seek of His bounty, and that you may give thanks 'to Him".