Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 73 (28:73)

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وَمِن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ …

Quran 28:73 is ayah 73 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 394 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:73
وَمِنرَّحْمَتِهِۦجَعَلَلَكُمُٱلَّيْلَوَٱلنَّهَارَلِتَسْكُنُوا۟فِيهِوَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟مِنفَضْلِهِۦوَلَعَلَّكُمْتَشْكُرُونَ٧٣
wamin raḥmatihi jaʿala lakumu al-layla wal-nahāra litaskunū fīhi walitabtaghū min faḍlihi walaʿallakum tashkurūna

And out of His mercy He made for you the night and the day that you may rest therein and [by day] seek from His bounty and [that] perhaps you will be grateful.(73)

Word by word

  1. وَمِنwaminAnd from
  2. رَّحْمَتِهِۦraḥmatihiHis Mercy
  3. جَعَلَjaʿalaHe made
  4. لَكُمُlakumufor you
  5. ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
  6. وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the day
  7. لِتَسْكُنُوا۟litaskunūthat you may rest
  8. فِيهِfīhitherein
  9. وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟walitabtaghūand that you may seek
  10. مِنminfrom
  11. فَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis Bounty
  12. وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumand so that you may
  13. تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūnabe grateful

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