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Fussilat 10

Ayah 10 of 54 · Meccan

وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ مِن فَوۡقِهَا وَبَٰرَكَ فِيهَا وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَآ أَقۡوَٰتَهَا فِيٓ أَرۡبَعَةِ أَيَّامٖ سَوَآءٗ لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ ١٠

And He placed on it [i.e., the earth] firmly set mountains over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its [creatures'] sustenance in four days without distinction1 - for [the information of] those who ask.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Also "four equal days" or "four days of completion."

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَجَعَلَAnd He placedwajaʿala
  2. فِيهَاthereinfīhā
  3. رَوَٰسِيَfirmly-set mountainsrawāsiya
  4. مِنabove itmin
  5. فَوۡقِهَاabove itfawqihā
  6. وَبَٰرَكَand He blessedwabāraka
  7. فِيهَاthereinfīhā
  8. وَقَدَّرَand determinedwaqaddara
  9. فِيهَآthereinfīhā
  10. أَقۡوَٰتَهَاits sustenanceaqwātahā
  11. فِيٓinfī
  12. أَرۡبَعَةِfourarbaʿati
  13. أَيَّامٖperiodsayyāmin
  14. سَوَآءٗequalsawāan
  15. لِّلسَّآئِلِينَfor those who asklilssāilīna

Tafsir

He created firm mountains on it, which stabilise it and prevent it from shaking. And He proportioned the provisions of the people and animals by the fourth day, following on from the two previous days: Tuesday and Wednesday, equal for whoever wants to ask regarding it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran