Surah Nahl ayat 6 Tafsir Quran 16:6

﴿وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا جَمَالٌ حِينَ تُرِيحُونَ وَحِينَ تَسْرَحُونَ﴾
[ النحل: 6]

16:6 And for you in them is [the enjoyment of] beauty when you bring them in [for the evening] and when you send them out [to pasture].

and for you there is in them beauty adornment when you bring them home to rest when you return them to their resting places in the evening and when you drive them forth to pasture when you bring them out to the grazing pastures in the morning.

And they afford you keen pleasure to the sense of sight when you drive them home and when you lead them to pasture

And the cattle, He has created them for you; in them there is warmth ( warm clothing ), and numerous benefits, and you eat from them ( 5 )And there is beauty in them for you, when you bring them home in the evening, and as you lead them forth to pasture ( in the morning )( 6 )And they carry your loads to a land that you could not reach yourselves except with great trouble.
Truly, your Lord is full of kindness, Most Merciful ( 7 ) The Cattle are part of the Creation of Allah and a Blessing from Him Allah reminds His servants of the blessing in His creation of An'am, this term includes camels, cows and sheep, as was explained in detail in Surat Al-An'am where the "eight pairs" are mentioned.
The blessings include the benefits derived from their wool and hair, from which clothes and furnishings are made, from their milk which is drunk, and their young which are eaten.
Their beauty is a kind of adornment, thus Allah says, وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا جَمَالٌ حِينَ تُرِيحُونَ ( And there is beauty in them for you, when you bring them home in the evening. ) which is when they are brought back from the pasture in the evening.
This is a reference to how their flanks become fat, their udders fill with milk and their humps become bigger. وَحِينَ تَسْرَحُونَ ( and as you lead them forth to pasture (in the morning ).) meaning when you send them out to the pasture in the morning. وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ ( And they carry your loads ) meaning the heavy burdens that you cannot move or carry by yourselves إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَّمْ تَكُونُوا بَالِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ الْأَنفُسِ ( to a land that you could not reach except with great trouble to yourselves ) meaning journeys for Hajj, 'Umrah, military campaigns, and journeys for the purpose of trading, and so on.
They use these animals for all kinds of purposes, for riding and for carrying loads, as Allah says: وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْأَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةً ۖ نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِي بُطُونِهَا وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَافِعُ كَثِيرَةٌ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ - وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى الْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَ ( And verily, there is indeed a lesson for you in the An'am (cattle ).
We give you to drink ( milk ) of that which is in their bellies.
And there are numerous ( other ) benefits in them for you.
Of them you eat, and on them and on ships you are carried.)( 23:21-22 ) اللَّهُ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَنْعَامَ لِتَرْكَبُوا مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ - وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَافِعُ وَلِتَبْلُغُوا عَلَيْهَا حَاجَةً فِي صُدُورِكُمْ وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى الْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَ - وَيُرِيكُمْ آيَاتِهِ فَأَيَّ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ تُنكِرُونَ ( Allah, it is He Who has made cattle for you, so that some you may ride, and some you may eat.
And you find (many other ) benefits in them; you may reach by their means a desire that is in your breasts ( i.e.
carry your goods, loads ), and on them and on ships you are carried.
And He shows you His Ayat.
Which, then of the Ayat of Allah do you deny?)( 40:79-81 ). Thus here Allah says, after enumerating these blessings, إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ ( Truly, your Lord is full of kindness, Most Merciful. ) meaning, your Lord is the One Who has subjugated the An'am ( cattle ) to you.
This is like the Ayat: أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَا أَنْعَامًا فَهُمْ لَهَا مَالِكُونَ - وَذَلَّلْنَاهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ ( Do they not see, that of what Our Hands have created, We created the An'am (cattle ) for them, so that they may own them, and We subdued them so that they may ride some and they may eat some.)( 36:71-72 ). وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ الْفُلْكِ وَالْأَنْعَامِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ - لِتَسْتَوُوا عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا اسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ - وَإِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ ( And He made mounts for you out of ships and cattle.
In order that you may ride on their backs, and may then remember the favor of your Lord when you mount upon them, and say: "Glory be to the One Who subjected this to us, and we could never have it (by our efforts ).
And verily, to Our Lord we indeed are to return!")( 43:12-14 ) Ibn 'Abbas said, لَكُمْ فِيهَا دِفْءٌ ( In them there is warmth ) refers to clothing; وَمَنَافِعُ ( and numerous benefits ) refers to the ways in which they derive the benefits of food and drink from them."

And the cattle, He has created them for you; in them there is warmth ( warm clothing ), and numerous benefits, and you eat from them ( 5 )And there is beauty in them for you, when you bring them home in the evening, and as you lead them forth to pasture ( in the morning )( 6 )And they carry your loads to a land that you could not reach yourselves except with great trouble.
Truly, your Lord is full of kindness, Most Merciful ( 7 ) The Cattle are part of the Creation of Allah and a Blessing from Him Allah reminds His servants of the blessing in His creation of An'am, this term includes camels, cows and sheep, as was explained in detail in Surat Al-An'am where the "eight pairs" are mentioned.
The blessings include the benefits derived from their wool and hair, from which clothes and furnishings are made, from their milk which is drunk, and their young which are eaten.
Their beauty is a kind of adornment, thus Allah says, وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا جَمَالٌ حِينَ تُرِيحُونَ ( And there is beauty in them for you, when you bring them home in the evening. ) which is when they are brought back from the pasture in the evening.
This is a reference to how their flanks become fat, their udders fill with milk and their humps become bigger. وَحِينَ تَسْرَحُونَ ( and as you lead them forth to pasture (in the morning ).) meaning when you send them out to the pasture in the morning. وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ ( And they carry your loads ) meaning the heavy burdens that you cannot move or carry by yourselves إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَّمْ تَكُونُوا بَالِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ الْأَنفُسِ ( to a land that you could not reach except with great trouble to yourselves ) meaning journeys for Hajj, 'Umrah, military campaigns, and journeys for the purpose of trading, and so on.
They use these animals for all kinds of purposes, for riding and for carrying loads, as Allah says: وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْأَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةً ۖ نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِي بُطُونِهَا وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَافِعُ كَثِيرَةٌ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ - وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى الْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَ ( And verily, there is indeed a lesson for you in the An'am (cattle ).
We give you to drink ( milk ) of that which is in their bellies.
And there are numerous ( other ) benefits in them for you.
Of them you eat, and on them and on ships you are carried.)( 23:21-22 ) اللَّهُ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَنْعَامَ لِتَرْكَبُوا مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ - وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَافِعُ وَلِتَبْلُغُوا عَلَيْهَا حَاجَةً فِي صُدُورِكُمْ وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى الْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَ - وَيُرِيكُمْ آيَاتِهِ فَأَيَّ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ تُنكِرُونَ ( Allah, it is He Who has made cattle for you, so that some you may ride, and some you may eat.
And you find (many other ) benefits in them; you may reach by their means a desire that is in your breasts ( i.e.
carry your goods, loads ), and on them and on ships you are carried.
And He shows you His Ayat.
Which, then of the Ayat of Allah do you deny?)( 40:79-81 ). Thus here Allah says, after enumerating these blessings, إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ ( Truly, your Lord is full of kindness, Most Merciful. ) meaning, your Lord is the One Who has subjugated the An'am ( cattle ) to you.
This is like the Ayat: أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَا أَنْعَامًا فَهُمْ لَهَا مَالِكُونَ - وَذَلَّلْنَاهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ ( Do they not see, that of what Our Hands have created, We created the An'am (cattle ) for them, so that they may own them, and We subdued them so that they may ride some and they may eat some.)( 36:71-72 ). وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ الْفُلْكِ وَالْأَنْعَامِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ - لِتَسْتَوُوا عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا اسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ - وَإِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ ( And He made mounts for you out of ships and cattle.
In order that you may ride on their backs, and may then remember the favor of your Lord when you mount upon them, and say: "Glory be to the One Who subjected this to us, and we could never have it (by our efforts ).
And verily, to Our Lord we indeed are to return!")( 43:12-14 ) Ibn 'Abbas said, لَكُمْ فِيهَا دِفْءٌ ( In them there is warmth ) refers to clothing; وَمَنَافِعُ ( and numerous benefits ) refers to the ways in which they derive the benefits of food and drink from them."

( And wherein is beauty for you ) a beautiful scene, ( when ye bring them home ) back from pasture, ( and when ye take them out to pasture ).

And wherein is beauty for you, when you bring them home in the evening, and as you lead them forth to pasture in the morning.

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