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Al-Hijr 19

Ayah 19 of 99 · Meccan

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنَٰهَا وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ مَّوۡزُونٖ ١٩

And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَAnd the earthwal-arḍa
  2. مَدَدۡنَٰهَاWe have spread itmadadnāhā
  3. وَأَلۡقَيۡنَاand [We] castwa-alqaynā
  4. فِيهَاthereinfīhā
  5. رَوَٰسِيَfirm mountainsrawāsiya
  6. وَأَنۢبَتۡنَاand [We] caused to growwa-anbatnā
  7. فِيهَاthereinfīhā
  8. مِنofmin
  9. كُلِّeverykulli
  10. شَيۡءٖthingshayin
  11. مَّوۡزُونٖwell-balancedmawzūnin

Tafsir

I flattened the earth so that people would dwell on it, and we placed sturdy mountains on it so that it (i.e. the earth) would not shake the people, and I planted in it a variety of crops [...]

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