Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 81 (21:81)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

وَلِسُلَيْمَٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ عَاصِفَةً تَجْرِى بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِى بَٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا ۚ …

Quran 21:81 is ayah 81 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 328 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:81
وَلِسُلَيْمَٰنَٱلرِّيحَعَاصِفَةًتَجْرِىبِأَمْرِهِۦٓإِلَىٱلْأَرْضِٱلَّتِىبَٰرَكْنَافِيهَا ۚوَكُنَّابِكُلِّشَىْءٍعَٰلِمِينَ٨١
walisulaymāna l-rīḥa ʿāṣifatan tajrī bi-amrihi ilā l-arḍi allatī bāraknā fīhā wakunnā bikulli shayin ʿālimīna

And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind, blowing forcefully, proceeding by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And We are ever, of all things, Knowing.(81)

Word by word

  1. وَلِسُلَيْمَٰنَwalisulaymānaAnd to Sulaiman
  2. ٱلرِّيحَl-rīḥathe wind
  3. عَاصِفَةًʿāṣifatanforcefully
  4. تَجْرِىtajrīblowing
  5. بِأَمْرِهِۦٓbi-amrihiby his command
  6. إِلَىilāto
  7. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
  8. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
  9. بَٰرَكْنَاbāraknāWe blessed
  10. فِيهَا ۚfīhā[in it]
  11. وَكُنَّاwakunnāAnd We are
  12. بِكُلِّbikulliof every
  13. شَىْءٍshayinthing
  14. عَٰلِمِينَʿālimīnaKnowers

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