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Al-An'am 65

Ayah 65 of 165 · Meccan

قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلۡقَادِرُ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَبۡعَثَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابٗا مِّن فَوۡقِكُمۡ أَوۡ مِن تَحۡتِ أَرۡجُلِكُمۡ أَوۡ يَلۡبِسَكُمۡ شِيَعٗا وَيُذِيقَ بَعۡضَكُم بَأۡسَ بَعۡضٍۗ ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَفۡقَهُونَ ٦٥

Say, "He is the [one] Able to send upon you affliction from above you or from beneath your feet or to confuse you [so you become] sects1 and make you taste the violence of one another." Look how We diversify the signs that they might understand.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Following your own inclinations rather than the truth, biased and hostile toward each other.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. هُوَHehuwa
  3. ٱلۡقَادِرُ(is) All-Capablel-qādiru
  4. عَلَىٰٓ[on]ʿalā
  5. أَنtoan
  6. يَبۡعَثَsendyabʿatha
  7. عَلَيۡكُمۡupon youʿalaykum
  8. عَذَابٗاpunishmentʿadhāban
  9. مِّنfrommin
  10. فَوۡقِكُمۡabove youfawqikum
  11. أَوۡoraw
  12. مِنfrommin
  13. تَحۡتِbeneathtaḥti
  14. أَرۡجُلِكُمۡyour feetarjulikum
  15. أَوۡoraw
  16. يَلۡبِسَكُمۡ(to) confuse youyalbisakum
  17. شِيَعٗا(into) sectsshiyaʿan
  18. وَيُذِيقَand make (you) taste wayudhīqa
  19. بَعۡضَكُمsome of youbaʿḍakum
  20. بَأۡسَviolencebasa
  21. بَعۡضٍۗ(of) othersbaʿḍin
  22. ٱنظُرۡSeeunẓur
  23. كَيۡفَhowkayfa
  24. نُصَرِّفُWe explainnuṣarrifu
  25. ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِthe Signsl-āyāti
  26. لَعَلَّهُمۡso that they maylaʿallahum
  27. يَفۡقَهُونَunderstandyafqahūna

Tafsir

Say to them, O Messenger: Allah is the One able to send upon you a punishment that will come to you from above, such as stones, thunder-bolts and floods, or that will come to you from below, such as earthquakes and sinking into the ground. He can also cause disunity between your hearts, making each person follow their desire and making you fight one another. Think, O Messenger, about how I explain to them the evidence in various ways, so that they realise that what you have brought to them is the truth and what they have is false.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran