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Az-Zumar 67

Ayah 67 of 75 · Meccan

وَمَا قَدَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدۡرِهِۦ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ جَمِيعٗا قَبۡضَتُهُۥ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ وَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ مَطۡوِيَّٰتُۢ بِيَمِينِهِۦۚ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٦٧

They have not appraised Allāh with true appraisal,1 while the earth entirely will be [within] His grip2 on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens will be folded in His right hand.3 Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., appreciation of His attributes.

2 Literally, "no more than a handful of His."

3 See footnote to 2:19.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. قَدَرُواْthey appraisedqadarū
  3. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  4. حَقَّ(with) trueḥaqqa
  5. قَدۡرِهِۦappraisalqadrihi
  6. وَٱلۡأَرۡضُwhile the earthwal-arḍu
  7. جَمِيعٗاentirelyjamīʿan
  8. قَبۡضَتُهُۥ(will be) in His Gripqabḍatuhu
  9. يَوۡمَ(on the) Dayyawma
  10. ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ(of) the Resurrectionl-qiyāmati
  11. وَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُand the heavenswal-samāwātu
  12. مَطۡوِيَّٰتُۢ(will be) foldedmaṭwiyyātun
  13. بِيَمِينِهِۦۚin His Right Handbiyamīnihi
  14. سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥGlory be to Himsub'ḥānahu
  15. وَتَعَٰلَىٰAnd High is Hewataʿālā
  16. عَمَّاabove whatʿammā
  17. يُشۡرِكُونَthey associate (with Him)yush'rikūna

Tafsir

The idolaters did not show reverence to Allah as He deserves to be revered when they ascribed others of His weak and feeble creation as partners to Him. They were heedless of Allah’s power, one of the manifestations of which is that the earth together with the mountains, trees, rivers, and oceans in it will be in His grasp on the day of resurrection, and that the seven heavens will be folded up in His right hand. He is transcendent, pure and above what the idolaters say and believe.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran