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Al-Jathiyah 5

Ayah 5 of 37 · Meccan

وَٱخۡتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن رِّزۡقٖ فَأَحۡيَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَا وَتَصۡرِيفِ ٱلرِّيَٰحِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ٥

And [in] the alternation of night and day and [in] what Allāh sends down from the sky of provision [i.e., rain] and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and [in His] directing of the winds are signs for a people who reason.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱخۡتِلَٰفِAnd (in the) alternationwa-ikh'tilāfi
  2. ٱلَّيۡلِ(of) the nightal-layli
  3. وَٱلنَّهَارِand the daywal-nahāri
  4. وَمَآand whatwamā
  5. أَنزَلَAllah sends downanzala
  6. ٱللَّهُAllah sends downl-lahu
  7. مِنَfrommina
  8. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe skyl-samāi
  9. مِنofmin
  10. رِّزۡقٖ(the) provisionriz'qin
  11. فَأَحۡيَاand gives lifefa-aḥyā
  12. بِهِtherebybihi
  13. ٱلۡأَرۡضَ(to) the earthl-arḍa
  14. بَعۡدَafterbaʿda
  15. مَوۡتِهَاits deathmawtihā
  16. وَتَصۡرِيفِand (in) directingwataṣrīfi
  17. ٱلرِّيَٰحِ(the) windsl-riyāḥi
  18. ءَايَٰتٞ(are) Signsāyātun
  19. لِّقَوۡمٖfor a peopleliqawmin
  20. يَعۡقِلُونَwho reasonyaʿqilūna

Tafsir

And in the alteration of the night and day, and the rainwater Allah sent down from the sky, then He gave life to the earth through it by making plants grow in it after it was dead without any plants, and in the alteration of the winds by bringing them from one direction at times and other directions at other times for your benefit, are proof for people who understand. So they use them as proof of Allah’s oneness, His power to resurrect and His power over everything.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran