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Ar-Rum 20

Ayah 20 of 60 · Meccan

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنۡ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَنتُم بَشَرٞ تَنتَشِرُونَ ٢٠

And of His signs is that He created you from dust; then, suddenly you were human beings dispersing [throughout the earth].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمِنۡAnd amongwamin
  2. ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓHis Signsāyātihi
  3. أَنۡ(is) thatan
  4. خَلَقَكُمHe created youkhalaqakum
  5. مِّنfrommin
  6. تُرَابٖdustturābin
  7. ثُمَّthenthumma
  8. إِذَآbeholdidhā
  9. أَنتُمYouantum
  10. بَشَرٞ(are) human beingsbasharun
  11. تَنتَشِرُونَdispersingtantashirūna

Tafsir

From among the great signs of Allah which prove His power and oneness, is that He created you - O people! - from earth when He created your father from clay, then you soon became many humans increasing through reproduction, and spreading over the earth’s east and west.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran