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Al-Anbya 81

Ayah 81 of 112 · Meccan

وَلِسُلَيۡمَٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ عَاصِفَةٗ تَجۡرِي بِأَمۡرِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّتِي بَٰرَكۡنَا فِيهَاۚ وَكُنَّا بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَٰلِمِينَ ٨١

And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind, blowing forcefully, proceeding by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And We are ever, of all things, Knowing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلِسُلَيۡمَٰنَAnd to Sulaimanwalisulaymāna
  2. ٱلرِّيحَthe windl-rīḥa
  3. عَاصِفَةٗforcefullyʿāṣifatan
  4. تَجۡرِيblowingtajrī
  5. بِأَمۡرِهِۦٓby his commandbi-amrihi
  6. إِلَىtoilā
  7. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe landl-arḍi
  8. ٱلَّتِيwhichallatī
  9. بَٰرَكۡنَاWe blessedbāraknā
  10. فِيهَاۚ[in it]fīhā
  11. وَكُنَّاAnd We arewakunnā
  12. بِكُلِّof everybikulli
  13. شَيۡءٍthingshayin
  14. عَٰلِمِينَKnowersʿālimīna

Tafsir

And I subjugated the strong-blowing wind for Solomon. At his command, whenever he would command it to, it would blow to the land of Syria which I had blessed by sending prophets to, and the goodness I spread within it. I am the One Who did everything; nothing evades My knowledge.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran