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An-Naml 60

Ayah 60 of 93 · Meccan

أَمَّنۡ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا بِهِۦ حَدَآئِقَ ذَاتَ بَهۡجَةٖ مَّا كَانَ لَكُمۡ أَن تُنۢبِتُواْ شَجَرَهَآۗ أَءِلَٰهٞ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ يَعۡدِلُونَ ٦٠

[More precisely], is He [not best] who created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you rain from the sky, causing to grow thereby gardens of joyful beauty which you could not [otherwise] have grown the trees thereof? Is there a deity with Allāh?1 [No], but they are a people who ascribe equals [to Him].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Three meanings are implied: "Is there another god who did all of this with Allāh?" or "Is there any deity worthy to be worshipped along with Allāh?" or "Is there a deity to be compared with Allāh?"

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَمَّنۡOr Whoamman
  2. خَلَقَhas createdkhalaqa
  3. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  4. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَand the earthwal-arḍa
  5. وَأَنزَلَand sent downwa-anzala
  6. لَكُمfor youlakum
  7. مِّنَfrommina
  8. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe skyl-samāi
  9. مَآءٗwatermāan
  10. فَأَنۢبَتۡنَاAnd We caused to growfa-anbatnā
  11. بِهِۦtherebybihi
  12. حَدَآئِقَgardensḥadāiqa
  13. ذَاتَof beauty (and delight)dhāta
  14. بَهۡجَةٖof beauty (and delight)bahjatin
  15. مَّاnotmā
  16. كَانَit iskāna
  17. لَكُمۡfor youlakum
  18. أَنthatan
  19. تُنۢبِتُواْyou cause to growtunbitū
  20. شَجَرَهَآۗtheir treesshajarahā
  21. أَءِلَٰهٞIs there any goda-ilāhun
  22. مَّعَwithmaʿa
  23. ٱللَّهِۚAllahl-lahi
  24. بَلۡNaybal
  25. هُمۡtheyhum
  26. قَوۡمٞ(are) a peopleqawmun
  27. يَعۡدِلُونَwho ascribe equalsyaʿdilūna

Tafsir

Is He not best who created the heavens and the earth without any precedent, and He sent down for you, O people, rainwater from the sky, then He grew for you gardens of beauty? It was not for you to grow the trees of these gardens, due to your being unable to do that. So it is Allah who grew them. Is there any true god alongside Allah? No, but rather they are a people who turn away from the truth, so they unjustly make the creation equal with the Creator.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran