لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٞ وَٰعِيَةٞ ١٢
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- لِنَجۡعَلَهَاThat We might make itlinajʿalahā
- لَكُمۡfor youlakum
- تَذۡكِرَةٗa remindertadhkiratan
- وَتَعِيَهَآand would be conscious of itwataʿiyahā
- أُذُنٞan earudhunun
- وَٰعِيَةٞconsciouswāʿiyatun
Tafsir
So that I could let the ark and its tale become a lesson through which proof of the destruction of the people of disbelief could be taken, together with the saving of the people of faith, and so attentive ears could take heed.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran