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Surah Al-'Ankabut, Ayah 63 (29:63)

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وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّن نَّزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهَا …

Quran 29:63 is ayah 63 of Surah Al-'Ankabut (“The Spider”), a Meccan surah of 69 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 403 of the Madani Mushaf.

29:63
وَلَئِنسَأَلْتَهُممَّننَّزَّلَمِنَٱلسَّمَآءِمَآءًفَأَحْيَابِهِٱلْأَرْضَمِنۢبَعْدِمَوْتِهَالَيَقُولُنَّٱللَّهُ ۚقُلِٱلْحَمْدُلِلَّهِ ۚبَلْأَكْثَرُهُمْلَايَعْقِلُونَ٦٣
wala-in sa-altahum man nazzala mina l-samāi māan fa-aḥyā bihi l-arḍa min baʿdi mawtihā layaqūlunna l-lahu quli l-ḥamdu lillahi bal aktharuhum lā yaʿqilūna

And if you asked them, "Who sends down rain from the sky and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Say, "Praise to Allāh"; but most of them do not reason.(63)

Word by word

  1. وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
  2. سَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumyou ask them
  3. مَّنmanWho
  4. نَّزَّلَnazzalasends down
  5. مِنَminafrom
  6. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
  7. مَآءًmāanwater
  8. فَأَحْيَاfa-aḥyāand gives life
  9. بِهِbihithereby
  10. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(to) the earth
  11. مِنۢminafter
  12. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
  13. مَوْتِهَاmawtihāits death
  14. لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnaSurely, they would say
  15. ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah
  16. قُلِquliSay
  17. ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduAll Praises
  18. لِلَّهِ ۚlillahi(are) for Allah
  19. بَلْbalBut
  20. أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
  21. لَاlā(do) not
  22. يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnause reason

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