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Az-Zukhruf 11

Ayah 11 of 89 · Meccan

وَٱلَّذِي نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءَۢ بِقَدَرٖ فَأَنشَرۡنَا بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ تُخۡرَجُونَ ١١

And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱلَّذِيAnd the One Whowa-alladhī
  2. نَزَّلَsends downnazzala
  3. مِنَfrommina
  4. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe skyl-samāi
  5. مَآءَۢwatermāan
  6. بِقَدَرٖin (due) measurebiqadarin
  7. فَأَنشَرۡنَاthen We revivefa-ansharnā
  8. بِهِۦwith itbihi
  9. بَلۡدَةٗa landbaldatan
  10. مَّيۡتٗاۚdeadmaytan
  11. كَذَٰلِكَthuskadhālika
  12. تُخۡرَجُونَyou will be brought forthtukh'rajūna

Tafsir

The one who sends down water from the heavens in proportion to what suffices you, your animals and crops, then revives with it a barren land in which there is no growth. Just as Allah revives that barren land with growth, He will revive you for the resurrection.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran