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Hud 6

Ayah 6 of 123 · Meccan

۞ وَمَا مِن دَآبَّةٖ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رِزۡقُهَا وَيَعۡلَمُ مُسۡتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسۡتَوۡدَعَهَاۚ كُلّٞ فِي كِتَٰبٖ مُّبِينٖ ٦

And there is no creature on earth but that upon Allāh is its provision, and He knows its place of dwelling and place of storage.1 All is in a clear register.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Before birth and after death.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. مِنanymin
  3. دَآبَّةٖmoving creaturedābbatin
  4. فِيinfī
  5. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  6. إِلَّاbutillā
  7. عَلَىonʿalā
  8. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  9. رِزۡقُهَا(is) its provisionriz'quhā
  10. وَيَعۡلَمُAnd He knowswayaʿlamu
  11. مُسۡتَقَرَّهَاits dwelling placemus'taqarrahā
  12. وَمُسۡتَوۡدَعَهَاۚand its place of storagewamus'tawdaʿahā
  13. كُلّٞAllkullun
  14. فِي(is) infī
  15. كِتَٰبٖa Recordkitābin
  16. مُّبِينٖclearmubīnin

Tafsir

There is no creature that walks on the surface of the earth, whatever it may be, except that Allah has undertaken, through His grace, to provide for it. He, may He be glorified, knows where it lives on earth and He knows where it will die. The provision, place of living and place of death for everything – including creatures – are in a clear book, which is the Preserved Tablet.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran