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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

An-Nahl 16:14

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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ ٱلْبَحْرَ لِتَأْكُلُوا۟ مِنْهُ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُوا۟ مِنْهُ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا وَتَرَى ٱلْفُلْكَ مَوَاخِرَ فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

And it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat and to extract from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through it, and [He subjected it] that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وهو الذي سخَّر لكم البحر; لتأكلوا مما تصطادون من سمكه لحمًا طريًا، وتستخرجوا منه زينة تَلْبَسونها كاللؤلؤ والمرجان، وترى السفن العظيمة تشق وجه الماء تذهب وتجيء، وتركبونها; لتطلبوا رزق الله بالتجارة والربح فيها، ولعلكم تشكرون لله تعالى على عظيم إنعامه عليكم، فلا تعبدون غيره.

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