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Al-Mulk 19

Ayah 19 of 30 · Meccan

أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلطَّيۡرِ فَوۡقَهُمۡ صَٰٓفَّٰتٖ وَيَقۡبِضۡنَۚ مَا يُمۡسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءِۭ بَصِيرٌ ١٩

Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and [sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَوَلَمۡDo notawalam
  2. يَرَوۡاْthey seeyaraw
  3. إِلَى[to]ilā
  4. ٱلطَّيۡرِthe birdsl-ṭayri
  5. فَوۡقَهُمۡabove themfawqahum
  6. صَٰٓفَّٰتٖspreading (their wings)ṣāffātin
  7. وَيَقۡبِضۡنَۚand foldingwayaqbiḍ'na
  8. مَاNotmā
  9. يُمۡسِكُهُنَّholds themyum'sikuhunna
  10. إِلَّاexceptillā
  11. ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُۚthe Most Graciousl-raḥmānu
  12. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, Heinnahu
  13. بِكُلِّ(is) of everybikulli
  14. شَيۡءِۭthingshayin
  15. بَصِيرٌAll-Seerbaṣīrun

Tafsir

Do these rejectors not see the birds above them flying in rows, side by side with one another? What stops them from falling to the ground, except Allah? Indeed, He is The Seeing of everything, nothing is hidden from Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran