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Qaf 11

Ayah 11 of 45 · Meccan

رِّزۡقٗا لِّلۡعِبَادِۖ وَأَحۡيَيۡنَا بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡخُرُوجُ ١١

As provision for the servants, and We have given life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the emergence [i.e., resurrection].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. رِّزۡقٗاA provisionriz'qan
  2. لِّلۡعِبَادِۖfor the slaveslil'ʿibādi
  3. وَأَحۡيَيۡنَاand We give lifewa-aḥyaynā
  4. بِهِۦtherewithbihi
  5. بَلۡدَةٗ(to) a landbaldatan
  6. مَّيۡتٗاۚdeadmaytan
  7. كَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālika
  8. ٱلۡخُرُوجُ(will be) the coming forthl-khurūju

Tafsir

I cause all that to grow, as provision for the servants so that they can eat from it. I also revive through the rainwater barren lands which have no growth, and just as I revive the barren earth I will also revive the dead who will emerge alive.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran