Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Ayah 42 (51:42)

ٱلذَّارِيَات

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ

Quran 51:42 is ayah 42 of Surah Adh-Dhariyat (“The Winnowing Winds”), a Meccan surah of 60 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 522 of the Madani Mushaf.

51:42
مَاتَذَرُمِنشَىْءٍأَتَتْعَلَيْهِإِلَّاجَعَلَتْهُكَٱلرَّمِيمِ٤٢
mā tadharu min shayin atat ʿalayhi illā jaʿalathu kal-ramīmi

It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.(42)

Word by word

  1. مَاmāNot
  2. تَذَرُtadharuit left
  3. مِنminany
  4. شَىْءٍshayinthing
  5. أَتَتْatatit came
  6. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon it
  7. إِلَّاillābut
  8. جَعَلَتْهُjaʿalathuit made it
  9. كَٱلرَّمِيمِkal-ramīmilike disintegrated ruins

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