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Al-Hijr 22

Ayah 22 of 99 · Meccan

وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلرِّيَٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِخَٰزِنِينَ ٢٢

And We have sent the fertilizing winds1 and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Causing precipitation in rainclouds or carrying pollen. Another meaning is "pregnant winds," i.e., those carrying rainclouds.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَرۡسَلۡنَاAnd We have sentwa-arsalnā
  2. ٱلرِّيَٰحَthe windsl-riyāḥa
  3. لَوَٰقِحَfertilizinglawāqiḥa
  4. فَأَنزَلۡنَاand We sent downfa-anzalnā
  5. مِنَfrommina
  6. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe skyl-samāi
  7. مَآءٗwatermāan
  8. فَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰكُمُوهُand We gave it to you to drinkfa-asqaynākumūhu
  9. وَمَآAnd notwamā
  10. أَنتُمۡyouantum
  11. لَهُۥof itlahu
  12. بِخَٰزِنِينَ(are) retainersbikhāzinīna

Tafsir

I sent the winds to fertilise the cloud, and I sent rain down from the fertilised clouds and I nourished you from rain water. O people, you are not containers of this water on earth in springs and wells, rather Allah is the One Who contains the water in them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran