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

An-Nahl 16:7

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وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ بَـٰلِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ ٱلْأَنفُسِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

And they carry your loads to a land you could not have reached except with difficulty to yourselves. Indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وتحمل هذه الأنعام ما ثَقُل من أمتعتكم إلى بلد بعيد، لم تكونوا مستطيعين الوصول إليه إلا بجهد شديد من أنفسكم ومشقة عظيمة، إن ربكم لَرؤوف رحيم بكم، حيث سخَّر لكم ما تحتاجون إليه، فله الحمد وله الشكر.

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