Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 65 (6:65)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

قُلْ هُوَ ٱلْقَادِرُ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِّن فَوْقِكُمْ أَوْ مِن تَحْتِ …

Quran 6:65 is ayah 65 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 135 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:65
قُلْهُوَٱلْقَادِرُعَلَىٰٓأَنيَبْعَثَعَلَيْكُمْعَذَابًامِّنفَوْقِكُمْأَوْمِنتَحْتِأَرْجُلِكُمْأَوْيَلْبِسَكُمْشِيَعًاوَيُذِيقَبَعْضَكُمبَأْسَبَعْضٍ ۗٱنظُرْكَيْفَنُصَرِّفُٱلَْٔايَٰتِلَعَلَّهُمْيَفْقَهُونَ٦٥
qul huwa l-qādiru ʿalā an yabʿatha ʿalaykum ʿadhāban min fawqikum aw min taḥti arjulikum aw yalbisakum shiyaʿan wayudhīqa baʿḍakum basa baʿḍin unẓur kayfa nuṣarrifu l-āyāti laʿallahum yafqahūna

Say, "He is the [one] Able to send upon you affliction from above you or from beneath your feet or to confuse you [so you become] sects and make you taste the violence of one another." Look how We diversify the signs that they might understand.(65)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. هُوَhuwaHe
  3. ٱلْقَادِرُl-qādiru(is) All-Capable
  4. عَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]
  5. أَنanto
  6. يَبْعَثَyabʿathasend
  7. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
  8. عَذَابًاʿadhābanpunishment
  9. مِّنminfrom
  10. فَوْقِكُمْfawqikumabove you
  11. أَوْawor
  12. مِنminfrom
  13. تَحْتِtaḥtibeneath
  14. أَرْجُلِكُمْarjulikumyour feet
  15. أَوْawor
  16. يَلْبِسَكُمْyalbisakum(to) confuse you
  17. شِيَعًاshiyaʿan(into) sects
  18. وَيُذِيقَwayudhīqaand make (you) taste
  19. بَعْضَكُمbaʿḍakumsome of you
  20. بَأْسَbasaviolence
  21. بَعْضٍ ۗbaʿḍin(of) others
  22. ٱنظُرْunẓurSee
  23. كَيْفَkayfahow
  24. نُصَرِّفُnuṣarrifuWe explain
  25. ٱلَْٔايَٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
  26. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
  27. يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūnaunderstand

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