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Surah Al-Mulk, Ayah 19 (67:19)

ٱلْمُلْك

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَٰٓفَّٰتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ۚ …

Quran 67:19 is ayah 19 of Surah Al-Mulk (“The Sovereignty”), a Meccan surah of 30 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 563 of the Madani Mushaf.

67:19
أَوَلَمْيَرَوْا۟إِلَىٱلطَّيْرِفَوْقَهُمْصَٰٓفَّٰتٍوَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚمَايُمْسِكُهُنَّإِلَّاٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ۚإِنَّهُۥبِكُلِّشَىْءٍۭبَصِيرٌ١٩
awalam yaraw ilā l-ṭayri fawqahum ṣāffātin wayaqbiḍ'na mā yum'sikuhunna illā l-raḥmānu innahu bikulli shayin baṣīrun

Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and [sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing.(19)

Word by word

  1. أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
  2. يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
  3. إِلَىilā[to]
  4. ٱلطَّيْرِl-ṭayrithe birds
  5. فَوْقَهُمْfawqahumabove them
  6. صَٰٓفَّٰتٍṣāffātinspreading (their wings)
  7. وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚwayaqbiḍ'naand folding
  8. مَاmāNot
  9. يُمْسِكُهُنَّyum'sikuhunnaholds them
  10. إِلَّاillāexcept
  11. ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ۚl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
  12. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
  13. بِكُلِّbikulli(is) of every
  14. شَىْءٍۭshayinthing
  15. بَصِيرٌbaṣīrunAll-Seer

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