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Al-An'am 97

Ayah 97 of 165 · Meccan

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلنُّجُومَ لِتَهۡتَدُواْ بِهَا فِي ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلۡبَرِّ وَٱلۡبَحۡرِۗ قَدۡ فَصَّلۡنَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمٖ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٩٧

And it is He who placed for you the stars that you may be guided by them through the darknesses of the land and sea. We have detailed the signs for a people who know.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَهُوَAnd Hewahuwa
  2. ٱلَّذِي(is) the One Whoalladhī
  3. جَعَلَmadejaʿala
  4. لَكُمُfor youlakumu
  5. ٱلنُّجُومَthe starsl-nujūma
  6. لِتَهۡتَدُواْthat you may guide yourselveslitahtadū
  7. بِهَاwith thembihā
  8. فِيinfī
  9. ظُلُمَٰتِthe darkness[es]ẓulumāti
  10. ٱلۡبَرِّ(of) the landl-bari
  11. وَٱلۡبَحۡرِۗand the seawal-baḥri
  12. قَدۡCertainlyqad
  13. فَصَّلۡنَاWe have made clearfaṣṣalnā
  14. ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِthe Signsl-āyāti
  15. لِقَوۡمٖfor a peopleliqawmin
  16. يَعۡلَمُونَ(who) knowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

He, may He be glorified, is the One who created for you, O children of Adam, the stars in the sky, so that you may be guided by them during your travels when the routes on the land and sea are unclear. I have explained the proofs and evidences that indicate My power for a people who reflect and take benefit from them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran