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Az-Zumar 21

Ayah 21 of 75 · Meccan

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَسَلَكَهُۥ يَنَٰبِيعَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ثُمَّ يُخۡرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرۡعٗا مُّخۡتَلِفًا أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصۡفَرّٗا ثُمَّ يَجۡعَلُهُۥ حُطَٰمًاۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكۡرَىٰ لِأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٢١

Do you not see that Allāh sends down rain from the sky and makes it flow as springs [and rivers] in the earth; then He produces thereby crops of varying colors; then they dry and you see them turned yellow; then He makes them [scattered] debris. Indeed in that is a reminder for those of understanding.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَلَمۡDo notalam
  2. تَرَyou seetara
  3. أَنَّthatanna
  4. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  5. أَنزَلَsends downanzala
  6. مِنَfrommina
  7. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe skyl-samāi
  8. مَآءٗwatermāan
  9. فَسَلَكَهُۥand He makes it flowfasalakahu
  10. يَنَٰبِيعَ(as) springsyanābīʿa
  11. فِيinfī
  12. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  13. ثُمَّthenthumma
  14. يُخۡرِجُHe producesyukh'riju
  15. بِهِۦwith itbihi
  16. زَرۡعٗاcropszarʿan
  17. مُّخۡتَلِفًا(of) differentmukh'talifan
  18. أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥcolorsalwānuhu
  19. ثُمَّthenthumma
  20. يَهِيجُthey witheryahīju
  21. فَتَرَىٰهُand you see itfatarāhu
  22. مُصۡفَرّٗاturn yellowmuṣ'farran
  23. ثُمَّthenthumma
  24. يَجۡعَلُهُۥHe makes themyajʿaluhu
  25. حُطَٰمًاۚdebrisḥuṭāman
  26. إِنَّIndeedinna
  27. فِيinfī
  28. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  29. لَذِكۡرَىٰsurely, (is) a reminderladhik'rā
  30. لِأُوْلِيfor those of understandingli-ulī
  31. ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِfor those of understandingl-albābi

Tafsir

You are well aware, by having seen, that Allah sent down rain water from the sky, entered it into the earth and then brought it out as springs and rivers. Then with this water He produces crops of various colours. Then these crops become dry and you - who are witnessing this - see them turning yellow after having been green. Then, after they become dry, He makes them into fragmented pieces. In what has been mentioned there is a reminder for those who have hearts that are alive.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran