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Ar-Rum 8

Ayah 8 of 60 · Meccan

أَوَلَمۡ يَتَفَكَّرُواْ فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۗ مَّا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۗ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِلِقَآيِٕ رَبِّهِمۡ لَكَٰفِرُونَ ٨

Do they not contemplate within themselves?1 Allāh has not created the heavens and the earth and what is between them except in truth and for a specified term. And indeed, many of the people, in the meeting with their Lord, are disbelievers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 An additional meaning is "Do they not contemplate concerning themselves."

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَوَلَمۡDo notawalam
  2. يَتَفَكَّرُواْthey ponderyatafakkarū
  3. فِيٓwithinfī
  4. أَنفُسِهِمۗthemselvesanfusihim
  5. مَّاNotmā
  6. خَلَقَAllah (has) createdkhalaqa
  7. ٱللَّهُAllah (has) createdl-lahu
  8. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  9. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَand the earthwal-arḍa
  10. وَمَاand whatwamā
  11. بَيۡنَهُمَآ(is) between thembaynahumā
  12. إِلَّاexceptillā
  13. بِٱلۡحَقِّin truthbil-ḥaqi
  14. وَأَجَلٖand (for) a termwa-ajalin
  15. مُّسَمّٗىۗappointedmusamman
  16. وَإِنَّAnd indeedwa-inna
  17. كَثِيرٗاmanykathīran
  18. مِّنَofmina
  19. ٱلنَّاسِthe peoplel-nāsi
  20. بِلِقَآيِٕin (the) meetingbiliqāi
  21. رَبِّهِمۡ(with) their Lordrabbihim
  22. لَكَٰفِرُونَsurely (are) disbelieverslakāfirūna

Tafsir

Do these rejecting idolaters not ponder in themselves as to how Allah has created them and arranged them together in their most complete forms? Allah did not create the heavens and the earth except for a just cause; He did not create them in vain and He appointed a fixed time for their existence in the world. Indeed, many people reject the meeting of their Lord on the Day of Judgement, and that is why they are not prepared for the resurrection by doing good deeds which are acceptable to their Lord.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran