Surah Al-Furqan, Ayah 47 (25:47)

ٱلْفُرْقَان

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا وَٱلنَّوْمَ سُبَاتًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورًا

Quran 25:47 is ayah 47 of Surah Al-Furqan (“The Criterion”), a Meccan surah of 77 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 364 of the Madani Mushaf.

25:47
وَهُوَٱلَّذِىجَعَلَلَكُمُٱلَّيْلَلِبَاسًاوَٱلنَّوْمَسُبَاتًاوَجَعَلَٱلنَّهَارَنُشُورًا٤٧
wahuwa alladhī jaʿala lakumu al-layla libāsan wal-nawma subātan wajaʿala l-nahāra nushūran

And it is He who has made the night for you as clothing and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection.(47)

Word by word

  1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
  3. جَعَلَjaʿalamade
  4. لَكُمُlakumufor you
  5. ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
  6. لِبَاسًاlibāsan(as) a covering
  7. وَٱلنَّوْمَwal-nawmaand the sleep
  8. سُبَاتًاsubātana rest
  9. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
  10. ٱلنَّهَارَl-nahārathe day
  11. نُشُورًاnushūrana resurrection

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