An-Nahl

The command of Allah is coming. He sends the angels with revelation, and created the heavens and the earth in truth. Then the favours, one after another: grazing livestock for warmth, food and beauty, horses, mules and donkeys to ride, rain and crops, olives, palms and grapes, night and day, sun, moon and stars, the sea with fresh fish and jewellery, ships, mountains, rivers, roads and the stars to guide you. If you tried to count Allah’s favours, you could never number them. Those they call on besides Allah create nothing. The angels take the wrongdoers in death and the pure with “Peace be upon you”. A messenger was sent to every nation. When He intends a thing, He only says “Be”, and it is. Shadows and every creature prostrate to Allah. Some were saddened at the news of a daughter and thought of burying her: how evil is their judgement. Milk comes pure from between waste and blood. Your Lord inspired the bee to make homes in the mountains, the trees and what people build, and from their bellies comes a drink of many colours, with healing in it. Allah commands justice, doing good and giving to relatives, and forbids indecency, wrongdoing and oppression. Do not be like the woman who undid her yarn after it was strong. Whoever does good, male or female, and believes, will have a good life. Ibrahim was a nation in himself, and the Prophet ﷺ is told to follow his way. Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good teaching, be patient, and know that Allah is with those who are mindful of Him and do good.