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Fussilat 39

Ayah 39 of 54 · Meccan

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنَّكَ تَرَى ٱلۡأَرۡضَ خَٰشِعَةٗ فَإِذَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهَا ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱهۡتَزَّتۡ وَرَبَتۡۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَحۡيَاهَا لَمُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٌ ٣٩

And of His signs is that you see the earth stilled, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and grows. Indeed, He who has given it life is the Giver of Life to the dead. Indeed, He is over all things competent.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمِنۡAnd amongwamin
  2. ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓHis Signsāyātihi
  3. أَنَّكَ(is) that youannaka
  4. تَرَىseetarā
  5. ٱلۡأَرۡضَthe earthl-arḍa
  6. خَٰشِعَةٗbarrenkhāshiʿatan
  7. فَإِذَآbut whenfa-idhā
  8. أَنزَلۡنَاWe send downanzalnā
  9. عَلَيۡهَاupon itʿalayhā
  10. ٱلۡمَآءَwaterl-māa
  11. ٱهۡتَزَّتۡit is stirred (to life)ih'tazzat
  12. وَرَبَتۡۚand growswarabat
  13. إِنَّIndeedinna
  14. ٱلَّذِيٓthe One Whoalladhī
  15. أَحۡيَاهَاgives it lifeaḥyāhā
  16. لَمُحۡيِ(is) surely the Giver of lifelamuḥ'yī
  17. ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰٓۚ(to) the deadl-mawtā
  18. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, Heinnahu
  19. عَلَىٰ(is) onʿalā
  20. كُلِّeverykulli
  21. شَيۡءٖthingshayin
  22. قَدِيرٌAll-Powerfulqadīrun

Tafsir

And also from among the signs of Allah that point towards His oneness and power to resurrect, is that you see the earth without any plants on it. Then, when He sends rainwater on it, it begins to move due to the hidden growth of seeds within it and it raises. Indeed, the being who revived this barren earth through growth is the one who will revive the dead and resurrect them to take them to account and requite them. Indeed, He is capable of everything; reviving the earth after it has become barren is not impossible for Him, nor is reviving the dead and resurrecting them from their graves.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran