Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 56 (21:56)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمْ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ …

Quran 21:56 is ayah 56 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 326 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:56
قَالَبَلرَّبُّكُمْرَبُّٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِٱلَّذِىفَطَرَهُنَّوَأَنَا۠عَلَىٰذَٰلِكُممِّنَٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ٥٦
qāla bal rabbukum rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi alladhī faṭarahunna wa-anā ʿalā dhālikum mina l-shāhidīna

He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.(56)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. بَلbalNay
  3. رَّبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
  4. رَبُّrabbu(is the) Lord
  5. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
  6. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
  7. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
  8. فَطَرَهُنَّfaṭarahunnacreated them
  9. وَأَنَا۠wa-anāand I am
  10. عَلَىٰʿalāto
  11. ذَٰلِكُمdhālikumthat
  12. مِّنَminaof
  13. ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَl-shāhidīnathe witnesses

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