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Al-Hadid 17

Ayah 17 of 29 · Medinan

ٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحۡيِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَاۚ قَدۡ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٧

Know that Allāh gives life to the earth after its lifelessness. We have made clear to you the signs; perhaps you will understand.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 That similarly, Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) can soften a heart after its hardness and guide one who had previously been astray.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱعۡلَمُوٓاْKnowiʿ'lamū
  2. أَنَّthatanna
  3. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  4. يُحۡيِgives lifeyuḥ'yī
  5. ٱلۡأَرۡضَ(to) the earthl-arḍa
  6. بَعۡدَafterbaʿda
  7. مَوۡتِهَاۚits deathmawtihā
  8. قَدۡIndeedqad
  9. بَيَّنَّاWe have made clearbayyannā
  10. لَكُمُto youlakumu
  11. ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِthe Signsl-āyāti
  12. لَعَلَّكُمۡso that you maylaʿallakum
  13. تَعۡقِلُونَunderstandtaʿqilūna

Tafsir

Know that indeed, Allah revives the earth by causing it to grow after it has dried up. O people! Verily Allah has clearly explained the proof and evidence of His capability and oneness, so that perhaps you may understand them and know that the one who revives the earth after its death is also capable of resurrecting you after your deaths, and is capable of making your hearts soft after they have become hard.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran