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Quran 16:65

Surah An-Nahl, Verse 65

Juz 14 · Page 274 · Ruku 231 · Meccan

وَٱللَّهُ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَآ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ

Word by word

وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah أَنزَلَ anzala has sent down مِنَ mina from ٱلسَّمَآءِ l-samāi the sky مَآءًۭ māan water فَأَحْيَا fa-aḥyā then gives life بِهِ bihi by it ٱلْأَرْضَ l-arḍa (to) the earth بَعْدَ baʿda after مَوْتِهَآ ۚ mawtihā its death إِنَّ inna Indeed فِى fī in ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that لَـَٔايَةًۭ laāyatan (is) surely a Sign لِّقَوْمٍۢ liqawmin for a people يَسْمَعُونَ yasmaʿūna who listen

Transliteration

Wallahu anzala mina assama-imaan faahya bihi al-arda baAAdamawtiha inna fee thalika laayatan liqawminyasmaAAoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Allah sendeth down water from the sky and therewith reviveth the earth after her death. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for a folk who hear.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And Allah sends down rain from the skies, and gives therewith life to the earth after its death: verily in this is a Sign for those who listen.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وكما جعل تعالى القرآن حياة للقلوب الميتة بكفرها ، كذلك يحيي [ الله ] الأرض بعد موتها بما ينزله عليها من السماء من ماء ، ( إن في ذلك لآية لقوم يسمعون ) أي : يفهمون الكلام ومعناه .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.